An execution-style slaying in a Bartow drug house is the subject of a rare, federal death penalty trial starting this week. ...more

February 23, 2009

State Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Lake Placid, is backing Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County's drive to save a $2.5 million housing grant threatened by state budget cuts. ...more

February 23, 2009

A Tampa man authorities say is connected to a Clair-Mel City shooting surrendered Sunday afternoon to Hillsborough County sheriff's SWAT team members after a standoff that lasted more than two hours. ...more

February 22, 2009

Howard DeLanie has been through all kinds of aches and pains in his 42 years as a business owner. ...more

February 22, 2009

Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats held a news media photo opportunity Wednesday but he was not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. ...more

February 21, 2009

A two-day sweep by Tampa code enforcement inspectors produced more than 300 new cases involving more than 500 violations in the V.M Ybor neighborhood. ...more

February 20, 2009

CSX Railroad will be closing Powerline Road from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to S.R. 17 today, Feb. 18 at approximately 4-5 p.m. The construction on the railroad crossing per CSX Railroad should be completed sometime the morning of Feb. 19. Highlands County Traffic Operations will post a detour until road is re-opened. For further information call the Highlands County Engineering Department at 402-6877. ...more

February 18, 2009

Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats is holding a news media photo opportunity this morning but he's not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. Instead, the county's top law enforcement officer is highlighting four closed housing units at the Pinellas Jail complex. ...more

February 18, 2009

Due to CSX Railroad not completing repairs on the railroad crossing, the following roads will continue to be closed at the railroad crossing until the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 18: Arbuckle Creek Road, Cemetery Road-Sunniland Drive, Lemon Avenue, Center Street. To reach Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, take Pear Street off of N. Ridgewood Drive. Detours are posted. ...more

February 18, 2009