Well folks, if you were non-believers before March 7, surely you have been converted. I'm referring to the front page of this paper on the above mentioned date. The headline? "Operation Hot Milk." It reported illegals stealing canned baby formula from merchants here in Florida and sending it out of the state for resale. This little operation was costing the merchants here in this state some $2,500 per year. ...more

March 12, 2009

By the time the next edition of In The Loop hits the streets, America will have a new president. Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in as the 44th commander in chief Jan. 20. ...more

January 14, 2009

In a Highlands Today article dated Nov. 20 "Evidence Problem Spoiled Highlands Court Cases" it was reported that grow-house marijuana evidence in the Jose Miguel Rosales case was lost because of improper storage while in the custody of the sheriff. This caused the state attorney's office to have to reduce the drug trafficking charges against Rosales on "what should have been a solid case." ...more

November 29, 2008

This country's economic crisis has us all wondering what the future holds. Will the new president be able to reinvigorate the economy? When will the housing market rebound? How is the holiday season going to play out in terms of retail sales? ...more

November 23, 2008

Blame The Democrats Regarding "South Florida Is Nation's Capital Of Medicare Fraud" (Metro, Aug. 18): ...more

August 27, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 2008

On a piece of barren land on the western edge of this capital, a refugee camp is steadily swelling as families displaced by the heavy bombardment in southern Afghanistan arrive in batches. ...more

August 3, 2008

Many more job cuts, likely totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel costs. ...more

July 4, 2008

When Stephen Bruce Tinker wanted to find a good place to hide the two family packages of beef steaks he was stealing from the Sweetbay Supermarket yesterday in Seffner, deputies say he didn't have to look far. ...more

June 28, 2008