When Colon "Junior" Santana opened Franks & Subs at 1248 E. Brandon Blvd., he intended to add a large slice of New York to the smorgasbord of Brandon restaurants. ...more

January 14, 2009

Britton Plaza is a bit more complete with the addition of a Publix Super Market. ...more

January 14, 2009

Three new shopping plazas are about to be unveiled in the coming months, giving prospective retailers more options along busy streets. ...more

January 11, 2009

A 23-year-old man died of a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle outside a Bartow liquor store Wednesday night, police said. Jernard West was shot outside the XYZ Liquor store, 295 U.S. 17 S., police said. He later died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. ...more

January 1, 2009

A second try at a semi-successful TV caper wound up costing three suspects a shoplifting charge. ...more

December 13, 2008

Publix opened its newest Pasco County store Thursday in Hudson. The new store is in Tower Oaks Terrace, at the northwest corner of State Road 52 and Little Road. ...more

December 12, 2008

HUDSON -- Publix opened its newest Pasco County store at 8 a.m. today in Hudson. The new store is in Tower Oaks Terrace, at the northwest corner of State Road 52 and Little Road. ...more

December 11, 2008

Publix will be opening its largest store in Highlands County this week. ...more

October 26, 2008

Police say they weren't chasing an 18-year-old pickup driver when she bolted from a traffic stop and crashed, killing a bicyclist then injuring half a dozen others when the truck flipped into a crowd. ...more

October 10, 2008

Over the years, William Scott McCoy got himself in so much trouble driving that he lost his license in three states. Now he remains in jail in Pinellas County, where he has been arrested 18 times on traffic offenses. A judge refused to let him out today after hearing more about the latest charge -- leaving the scene of an accident while riding a bicycle. ...more

October 3, 2008