The general counsel for the Tampa Sports Authority has stepped down amid questions about a potential conflict of interest involving a former board member and his law firm. ...more

October 26, 2008

The general counsel for the Tampa Sports Authority has stepped down amid a cloud of conflict of interest claims involving a former board member and his law firm. ...more

October 24, 2008

Six-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. was beaten to death in California, then buried under fertilizer and cement. Two-year-old Devon Shackleford was drowned in an Arizona swimming pool. Jayden Cangro, also 2, died after being thrown across a room in Utah. ...more

November 18, 2007

SEBRING — Carol Shackleford already knows the biggest news in town. "People have been calling me at home, asking me if it's really going to open," said Shackleford, the permit clerk at the Highlands County Building Official's office. So, for the record, Shackleford issued a permit on Sept. 18 to Olive Garden. A 7,441 square-foot building will be constructed at 1696 U.S. 27 S., in front of the Shops at Shelby Crossing. It will employ about 150 workers. ...more

September 22, 2007