The traffic in and around Raymond James will be heavy before, during and after today's Super Bowl. ...more

February 1, 2009

History records that in 1801 when Thomas Jefferson took the oath of office as the nation's third president, he strolled over from a boardinghouse to an unfinished Capitol building. ...more

January 20, 2009

Starting today, the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is changing its mission. ...more

January 14, 2009

TAMPA - A man shot and killed this morning by a plain-clothes officer was a bouncer at an Ybor City nightclub, police said. ...more

September 6, 2008

HOLIDAY -- When the sun goes down, some mischief-makers seem to mistake Anclote Gulf Park for party central. So authorities have been cracking down on violations at the gulf-front park at 2305 Baillies Bluff Road. ...more

August 2, 2008

not counting two uniformed police officers and one in plain clothes - numbered about 60 people. Their nationalities-in-solidarity: Venezuelan and Cuban. Their signs: hardly nuanced - most notably "Chavez = Castro + Hitler." Their ardent message: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's easily demonized, polarizing president, must go. ...more

May 4, 2008