With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks, even months. ...more

July 1, 2008

TAMPA - Johnny Jackson Jr. had already cut everything else from his budget. If he wanted to hang on to his house a little longer, the electricity had to go, too. ...more

June 27, 2008

Lt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, 87, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday in Atlanta. ...more

June 27, 2008

In a decade handling evictions for the Miami-Dade County Police Department, Albert Fernandez has run across a middle-class father bankrupted by his daughter's cancer treatment, an old woman scammed by a gambling husband, and countless families perpetually on the edge of poverty. ...more

June 8, 2008

Members of the Friends of the Carrollwood Cultural Center heaped praise on its executive director for getting the award-winning arts facility running but were less thrilled about a potentially expensive termination clause. ...more

June 7, 2008

Prosecutors dropped a charge of domestic battery against Springstead High School's school resource officer on Thursday. ...more

June 7, 2008

Prosecutors dropped a charge of domestic battery against Springstead High School's school resource officer on Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has launched an online classified advertising site, a move that opens a broader range of shopping to Wal-Mart's Internet customers. ...more

June 4, 2008

Pete Bihorel, 57, Lutz Height: 5-foot-9 ...more

May 30, 2008

SEBRING — The busy intersection of Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard will be further improved for safety by adding a traffic signal and three turning lanes. The intersection, north of Sebring and south of Avon Park, is now a four-way stop. Highlands County Engineer Ramon Gavarrete said a traffic-crash problem at Memorial and Valerie was solved last year when traffic control there was upgraded from a two-way stop to a four-way stop. Now, Gavarrete said, a traffic signal is needed because traffic volume is expected to increase greatly when the new Memorial Drive Elementary School opens in late August. ...more

May 24, 2008