Major League Baseball has begun to review a draft of George Mitchell's report on drug use in the sport, one of the final steps before the results of his 20-month investigation are released. ...more

December 12, 2007

The good news in the war on drugs: The United States is making progress in beating back the availability of drugs like cocaine and methamphetamines. ...more

December 5, 2007

Commissioners have taken another step toward banning total nudity and lap dances in sexually-oriented businesses. ...more

December 1, 2007

PLANT CITY - City commissioners have taken another step toward banning total nudity and lap dances at sexually-oriented businesses. ...more

November 28, 2007

The numbers are striking. Sheriff's deputies and police say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in Polk County through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 25, 2007

LAKELAND - The numbers are striking. Deputies and police in Polk County say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in the county through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 19, 2007

Faced with higher recruiting goals, the Pentagon is quietly looking for ways to make it easier for people with minor criminal records to join the military, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

November 7, 2007

POINCIANA - A home invasion and armed robbery led Polk County sheriff's deputies to uncover a grow house operation Sunday. ...more

November 5, 2007

Dog owners and their furry friends have two new options when it comes to finding places to stretch their legs. ...more

November 3, 2007

LAND O' LAKES -- A woman with burns on roughly 40 percent of her body was flown to a Tampa Bay area hospital this afternoon after she was found walking down a street in the Foxwood neighborhood, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. The woman's adult daughter, who is about 20, also was flown to a hospital with severe burns on her hands, sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin said. The victims' names were not released. ...more

October 12, 2007