A North Port man faces felony charges for an alleged drunken attack on a group of teenagers, according to a police report. ...more

January 23, 2009

Country singer Faith Hill has been selected to sing "America the Beautiful" during the Super Bowl XLIII pregame festivities at Raymond James Stadium on Feb.1, the National Football League and NBC announced today. ...more

January 15, 2009

Jason Stokes said Wednesday he is stepping down from the Bloomingdale High head football coaching position. ...more

January 15, 2009

Against pleas from worried residents and a petition with more than 200 signatures, the county commission on Wednesday approved a mental health and drug treatment facility on Grove Road. ...more

January 15, 2009

The first of a couple cold fronts looks to be washing toward the Tampa Bay area later today and overnight. Forecasters don't peg this one with bringing a huge drop in temperatures with the highs Monday and Tuesday maybe in the middle 60s. ...more

January 11, 2009

Police arrested eight people on drug charges after searching two mobile homes that had triggered several neighborhood complaints, a report states. ...more

January 6, 2009

An article in the Wednesday, Dec. 31 Highlands Today caught my attention and rang an alarm that if Highlands County Commissioners don't do something, they would find themselves repeating a portion of an unpleasant history in the future. ...more

January 5, 2009

LARGO -- An unemployed man was arrested Monday evening on charges he raped a mentally challenged girl earlier in the day. Michael A. Diffenderfer, 55, was charged with one count of sexual battery. He was being held this morning at the Pinellas County Jail on $100,000 bail. ...more

December 30, 2008

The economy may not be strong, but the numbers coming out of Keller Williams Tampa Central office certainly are, officials there say. ...more

December 21, 2008

Residents opposed to a mental health and drug treatment facility in their neighborhood aren't giving up without a fight. ...more

December 13, 2008