PINELLAS PARK She's wearing only a thong and giving every motorist on 66th Street a come-hither look. But not everyone is thrilled. Since a billboard featuring a scantily clad woman was recently put up outside a gentlemen's club, complaints have been made at the police department and with city code workers, authorities say. ...more

January 17, 2008

Brooksville residents will soon have more places to shop. County commissioners on Wednesday voted 5-0 to rezone 27 acres on the southwest corner of Yontz Road and U.S. 98 for a new retail center. ...more

January 10, 2008

No word yet on which stores are coming. ...more

January 9, 2008

City officials like the way the Citrus Ridge development sounds: traditional neighborhood-style homes with front porches, rear alleys and backyard garages. ...more

January 9, 2008

Twice, the arsonists tried to burn Rose Mohr out. The first blaze was small. On Sept. 25, someone broke into her store, the Massachusetts Avenue Farm Market, stole the cash register and intentionally set a fire with gasoline. ...more

January 7, 2008

A water main break on U.S. 19 early Thursday morning prompted the city to issue a boil water notice for some utility customers, officials said. ...more

January 4, 2008

After pushing his father and causing him to fall, James Brandon Baker of Temple Terrace went to his backyard and used a revolver to fire five .38-caliber rounds into the air, police say. ...more

December 24, 2007

AVON PARK — An additional 20 to 25 workers will be unemployed by Jan. 31 as Cargill Juice North America exits the citrus processing business in Florida. The company announced plans in August to close the Avon Park and Frostproof plants. "It's interesting," said Tom Abrahamson, president. "When we decided to shut down the plants for good, we said at the time that we still had inventories of juice, and we estimated they would last until December 2008." ...more

December 23, 2007

The city is considering increasing for the first time in 18 years the fees it charges on new construction to offset the ballooning cost of roads. ...more

December 22, 2007

The hometown holiday parade went off without a hitch, but a boy's death during Plant City's Christmas Parade last week provoked a safety discussion among Dade City commissioners Tuesday evening. ...more

December 12, 2007