LAND O' LAKES - It was before noon on a Wednesday and the parking lot at Willow Bend Towne Centre was practically full. ...more

December 6, 2009

The case started with the discovery of two bodies in a Sebring orange grove and ended with the dismantling of a drug ring and life sentences for the men charged with murder. ...more

December 5, 2009

Our emotions are sundered this particular Veterans Day as Americans reconsider what is meant by pulling on the nation's uniform and volunteering to put one's self in harm's way to defend Mr. Jefferson's self-evident truths and Mr. Lincoln's proposition. ...more

November 11, 2009

The intersection of Palm Avenue and 21st Street is closed after a four-vehicle crash about 2:30 p.m. today. ...more

November 10, 2009

Planning and zoning commissioners will consider a request from Transmark Construction to build an age-restricted adult congregate living facility on the northeast corner of Toucan and Cessna Drive in Spring Hill. ...more

September 12, 2009

Eight months after developers scuttled plans for homes on Berry Hill, the hillside property in northeast Pasco County goes on the auction block at noon today. ...more

August 19, 2009

Nearly five years ago, as ground was being broken on the Main Street Landing construction site, city officials at the time looked forward to March 2009. That's when, if all went as planned, the Community Redevelopment Agency would have happily presented a $1.25 million check to Gainesville-based developer Ken McGurn if the Mediterranean-styled commercial-residential development was significantly built out and half the units leased or sold. March 2009 has arrived, and McGurn met March 10 with City Council, which was acting in its role as CRA board. Instead of a grip-and-grin check presentation, the two sides were meeting to figure out what they might do to restore a now-strained business relationship and get the project moving again. ...more

March 18, 2009

How close did Lakeshore Mall and the Lake Jackson post office come to burning down Saturday afternoon? ...more

March 16, 2009

A wildfire endangered buildings where fireworks are stored, then jumped Flare Road and headed north and west across a vacant field toward Lakeshore Mall and the post office on Saturday afternoon. Lakeshore Mall was evacuated, but reopened Saturday night, and expected to be open Sunday. ...more

March 15, 2009

PLANT CITY Fans of strawberries and the Florida Opry are in luck. The opry will stage a show March 6 at he Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. ...more

February 27, 2009