Tides pushed by Hurricane Ike surged 2 to 3 feet above normal this morning, causing some minor flooding in low areas of the Tampa Bay area. The National Weather Service has received reports of street flooding in Shore Acres in Pinellas County as well as water pushing over docks in St. Pete Beach. Also, water topped the seawall along portions of Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa. ...more

September 10, 2008

Hillsborough County public schools produced more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school system in Florida, the school district announced today. Sixty-four Hillsborough students won the semifinalist distinction, a 23 percent increase over last year's total of 52. ...more

September 10, 2008

A man shot himself in the chest and lied about it to law enforcement so he could claim disability benefits, North Port police say. ...more

September 9, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A grand jury returned a first-degree murder indictment Tuesday against the man accused of raping and killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood. ...more

September 4, 2008

Highlands County Habitat for Humanity looks to expand from its typical single-family home construction with a downtown Sebring workforce housing townhouse project. ...more

August 31, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — Two more teenagers have been arrested in connection with a deadly melee outside a house party in late July. ...more

August 29, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - The latest sign of how the weak economy is impacting the school district manifested itself today at teacher contract negotiations. ...more

August 28, 2008

BRADENTON - A man who is a suspect in an Aug. 18 robbery was arrested Wednesday on several unrelated felony charges as deputies tried to execute a search warrant. ...more

August 28, 2008

Turnout in today's primary is expected to be low even though an unusually large array of local Sarasota offices are on the ballot. ...more

August 26, 2008

Dane showed her feisty side at first. The caged 250-pound African lioness spread her jaw, displaying her lethal teeth. Unfazed, her caretakers rubbed her soft face and patted her back. ...more

August 20, 2008