A local law enforcement officer offered a Lake Placid resident a ride home late Friday night but ended up arresting him for allegedly possessing cocaine. ...more

November 3, 2009

Southbound traffic on U.S. 27 was moving along at a snail's pace for almost an hour as emergency crews responded to a four-vehicle accident at the Sparta Road intersection. ...more

September 2, 2009

Baffled by her lack of control and unable to assert herself, Venus Williams went tumbling out of the Australian Open. ...more

January 23, 2009

Colombia's government readied emergency measures Sunday to appease irate investors who lost tens of millions of dollars in the collapse of pyramid schemes that caused riots, scores of arrests and two deaths. ...more

November 17, 2008

For the first time this decade, a Hillsborough County boys golf team won't compete at the Class 1A state tournament. ...more

October 21, 2008

Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies did not find marijuana plants inside a grow house but, instead, buried in five three-foot deep shallow graves. ...more

October 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A Tampa resident was killed and a Plant City man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash on State Road 54 this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

July 11, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Walt Disney World has fired a guard who challenged the theme park on a new state law allowing gun owners to keep firearms in their cars while at work. ...more

July 8, 2008

SEMINOLE A would-be burglar's knife was no match Saturday morning for Walter Funk's wrench and pluck, the Pinellas sheriff's office reported. ...more

May 10, 2008

A hearing officer is expected to decide by Tuesday whether dirt trucks from a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road should be allowed to roll past nearby public schools during school hours. ...more

May 10, 2008