A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Lakeland police are searching for a man they say met a woman online, then attacked her with a baseball bat. Fernando Soliz, 37, who police say was residing in Kissimmee, met the Lakeland woman on an Internet site. Police say Soliz then traveled to her house and began hitting her with a baseball bat after she demanded that Soliz leave. The attack left the woman with serious injuries. ...more

June 25, 2009

Elementary students at some schools in Hernando have dealt with dress codes for years. ...more

March 20, 2009

Dustin Johnson walked out the door and into the rain Monday morning, still expecting to show up on the first tee with a four-shot lead to play the final round at Pebble Beach. ...more

February 16, 2009

Haines City police are looking for a man suspected of abducting an 11-year-old child this morning from the gated community of Southern Dunes. ...more

February 13, 2009

The call went out to eighth-graders interested in playing football the next season for Pensacola's Escambia High School. Dwight Thomas, the new coach, already had an idea just how big a job it was going to be. When the position opened, he was the only one who applied. ...more

January 30, 2009

Polk County deputies say they have located an 11-year-old Lakeland boy previously reported missing. The boy was unharmed. ...more

January 30, 2009

Sweatpants, T-shirt and tennis shoes aren't Alice Stockley's usual church attire. But as a member of First Baptist Church of Brandon's newest ministry, Stockley blends right in wearing her workout gear. ...more

January 28, 2009

For a few days every winter, Hernando County gets a third city. Thousands of people and their dogs travel nationwide - and in some cases, worldwide - and converge on Florida Classic Park to compete in the annual dog show organized by the Inverness Florida Kennel Club. ...more

January 10, 2009

Deputies are releasing surveillance photographs and video in an effort to identify two men who have burglarized four churches in northern Pinellas County since November. ...more

December 31, 2008