Did you know that year after year, we're using less water in the Tampa Bay area? So why can't we sprinkle our lawns until the wee hours, or wash our cars at all? ...more

April 10, 2009

A 12-year-old Bradenton girl is recovering after she left home over the weekend and was raped by a man 34 years older than her, the girl's family said at a news conference this afternoon. ...more

March 30, 2009

An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 12-year-old girl Bradenton girl that left her house Saturday. ...more

March 29, 2009

Sebring took advantage of playing last-place Sarasota Booker by blasting the Tornadoes by a score of 13-1 a Class 4A-District 10 match on Friday night. ...more

March 29, 2009

RAYS ADDRESS: Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte ...more

March 28, 2009

Colby Delaney tossed a complete-game two-hitter and Zach Heckman went 3-for-4 with four RBI to lead Lake Placid to a 10-1 rout of Sarasota Booker in high school baseball at Ed Smith Stadium on Saturday night. ...more

March 23, 2009

Dear Mr. HandyPerson, I read your column regularly and find many sensible solutions to problems. However, in your column on discouraging raccoons, you left out fox urine as a deterrent. ...more

March 22, 2009

A 48-year-old man was helicoptered from Sebring International Raceway Saturday morning after he fell from a pickup truck. ...more

March 21, 2009

Six of seven counties in the Bay area are growing in population, but Pinellas continues a four-year decline, the latest census data show. ...more

March 20, 2009

Wednesday's Prep Results ...more

March 18, 2009