Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — It wasn't like finding a horse's head at the foot of the bed, like in "The Godfather" movie, but finding a dead deer on the hood of your mom's car parked in your driveway could be just as unnerving. "Weird," was how Sebring Police Lt. Bruce Crum put it Monday. Next to the deer's body and held down by a silver dollar was a poem Sunday morning on a torn slip of paper. The lyrics were from the song "Aenima" by an alternative metal rock band called "Tool." The police were called at 10:14 a.m. Sunday to the 1700 block of Myrtle Avenue, in Sebring. The complainant, a 21-year-old woman, told police that she and her boyfriend had returned home at about 3 a.m. Sunday and didn't see any deer then. ...more

June 16, 2008

A giant Confederate battle flag may soon be flying near a Tampa highway intersection. ...more

June 1, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG For a few minutes Thursday morning, it was hard to spot Budd Risser's red 4-by-8-foot sign along busy Fourth Street North, just south of 22nd Avenue. ...more

May 23, 2008

As workers for the city collected and boxed the tattered effects of the homeless outside City Hall, a disheveled man walked up and began speaking out to anyone who would listen. ...more

February 7, 2008

Nearly three days after putting the homeless on notice, the city this morning began following through on its warning that personal belongings not removed voluntarily from sidewalks and other rights of way would be seized. ...more

February 6, 2008

Homeless people had until noon Tuesday to remove their personal belongings from sidewalks and public rights of way downtown. ...more

February 6, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Homeless people had until noon today to voluntarily remove their personal belonging from sidewalks and public rights of way downtown. ...more

February 5, 2008

A suspected prowler was shot in the face with a BB gun Friday night when he was caught near a dog kennel on private property. ...more

February 5, 2008

A group of 17 endangered whooping cranes landed in north Georgia after a weeklong rest stop at a wildlife refuge in Tennessee. ...more

January 5, 2008