Concerned about the possible closing of the downtown post office, resident June Ambrose had a suggestion for cIty commissioners: Make some City Hall space available for a satellite post office. ...more

March 31, 2009

Oknan Ziegler loved to shop at the Salvation Army store on U.S. 19. ...more

March 30, 2009

A former youth baseball volunteer was sentenced to life in prison after a Hillsborough County jury today found him guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said. ...more

March 27, 2009

A man at a talent show at the University of South Florida pulled out a fully loaded .357 Magnum and pointed it toward a crowd of students Thursday night, said USF police Lt. Meg Ross. ...more

March 27, 2009

An Orlando man remained in jail Monday on a $35,000 bond after leading police on a Sunday chase through both the streets and neighborhoods of Avon Park. ...more

March 24, 2009

With his 1-year-old baby in his arms, a Bradenton man suspected of stealing two pairs of shoes from a store Tuesday fought with a loss prevention officer in a parking lot, the Bradenton Police Department said. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a fiery crash Friday as Joseph Thomas Fells, 48, of Tampa. ...more

March 17, 2009

It might be said that a Riverview man went a foot too far in his dispute with two men in a supermarket parking lot late Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

The sides of the rectangular pit revealed a cross-section of earth: grey and lumpy on top, smooth yellow sand underneath. ...more

March 14, 2009

A Bradenton man has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing this morning of another man in a restaurant parking lot, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 14, 2009