Fifty games into his 20th season, Mark Recchi feels like a 30-year-old again. ...more

February 1, 2009

When a Manatee County orange grove owner heard one of his employees had been shot in the chest by a stray bullet, he did the responsible boss thing and called the sheriff's office. ...more

January 31, 2009

More than 20 people from a "biblical group" gathered Saturday outside the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, 7326 E. Sligh Ave., with signs and a bullhorn to denounce the religion of Islam. ...more

January 31, 2009

The nationwide economic downtown is offering few signs it is about to reverse course. This has government on all levels scrambling to keep spending in line with falling revenue. Under such circumstances, public officials should welcome whatever help they can get in shouldering this burden. City government in Tarpon Springs appears to be on the verge of having that sort of assistance. ...more

January 31, 2009

County Commissioner Jim Adkins could not make himself any plainer Tuesday: "I just want to know how to take the keys out of that bus," he said. ...more

January 28, 2009

Dennis Mobbs says he was enticed by all the makeshift signs offering big bucks for people willing to rent their homes for the Super Bowl. ...more

January 24, 2009

Dennis Mobbs says he was enticed by all the makeshift signs offering big bucks if he was willing to rent out his home for the Super Bowl. When he called one of the toll-free numbers, the deal sounded almost too good to be true. ...more

January 23, 2009

The executive producer of Daytime, a variety show which appears weekday mornings on WFLA-TV, was arrested early this morning on charges of driving under the influence. ...more

January 17, 2009

There are things that endure that are measured in hundreds of years. Other things last long enough to be measured in decades. ...more

January 15, 2009

Two Frostproof men were apprehended in Avon Park on Monday and charged in the death of another Polk County man, whose throat is believed to have been slashed. ...more

January 14, 2009