The Highlands County employee fired last Thursday for allegedly spilling diesel fuel at the county landfill has appealed his termination. ...more

November 17, 2009

Recent tests conducted at two Hillsborough County schools have revealed higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic, mercury, lead and other toxic contaminants in the soil, the district says. ...more

November 14, 2009

The speed limit on Fletcher Avenue west of the University of South Florida could be lowered under plans being considered to make the area safer. The speed limit could drop from 45 mph to 35 mph for the stretch from about 15th to 50th streets. One section, near 42nd Street, is 35 mph and has a senior zone, an area of reduced speed limits, to accommodate John Knox Village, a retirement center. ...more

November 13, 2009

ORLANDO (AP) — A man who was in an Orlando office when a former employee came in and started shooting said today that the ordeal that left one dead and five injured lasted about a minute. ...more

November 9, 2009

His marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. Everything Jason Rodriguez sought ended in failure. Except his alleged plot to kill. ...more

November 8, 2009

Michael Waltrip pulled up to the back of Jimmie Johnson's car, settled in on his bumper and shoved him all the way around Talladega Superspeedway as the two drivers worked on a strategy for NASCAR's fastest race track. ...more

November 1, 2009

One hundred and twenty gallons of diesel spilled at the landfill, concluded an engineering firm hired by Highlands County to investigate the fuel spill. That information is being reported to the state. ...more

October 23, 2009

Drivers should brace for downtown streets to be torn up over the next year as work gets under way today to replace miles of water pipelines, some more than a century old. ...more

October 5, 2009

Rapper 50 Cent is taking on an engineering firm over home repairs at his Connecticut mansion. ...more

June 2, 2009

Tampa Downtown Rotary Club awarded the Rotary Service Above Self award to John H. Sykes, founder and chairman emeritus of Sykes Enterprises, at its May 19 meeting. ...more

May 27, 2009