With price cuts galore and consumers out to buy more, the day after Christmas has become a shopping day to almost rival Black Friday and this year it fell on a Friday. ...more

December 27, 2008

Brittany May collected more than 1,000 items for troops stationed overseas. For the Hudson Middle School eighth-grader, it was a family affair. Her uncle, Joey Jarrel, is shipping out with the National Guard to Afghanistan after Christmas. ...more

December 21, 2008

Police continue to receive reports of armed robberies that apparently targeted Hispanic men, even though arrests have been made. ...more

December 4, 2008

Ever sit in an airliner in front of a family with a parent who tells the youngsters to stop kicking the seat because "that mean woman in front of you wants you to stop?" ...more

November 29, 2008

Relatives of a Tampa woman grieved today, recalling how they had learned late Tuesday that her body had been found in a vacant house in Lakeland. Jennifer Denise Johnson, 31, was reported missing Saturday evening after family members became concerned when she did not appear in time for her 2-year-old daughter's birthday party. The family scrapped the party, anxious and worried. ...more

November 19, 2008

Family and friends of Jennifer Denise Johnson spent this evening putting up fliers about the missing woman's disappearance. ...more

November 18, 2008

After weeks of tension and disputes, the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association held a civil and polite election of its officers for 2009. ...more

November 5, 2008

2:29 p.m.: No lines, no waiting. That's the situation at Precinct 570 at Curlew United Methodist Church in Palm Harbor this afternoon. ...more

November 4, 2008

In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks - confusing e-mails, disturbing phone calls and insinuating fliers left on doorsteps during the night. ...more

November 2, 2008

Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton said she considers flyers mailed recently by the Florida Police Benevolent Association in support of her opponent, Republican Ron Grimming, misleading. ...more

November 2, 2008