PALM HARBOR - Peter Caruana was sleeping early today when his girlfriend woke him up. She had heard a screech, looked out their second-story window and saw a pickup truck strike their apartment building down below, he said. ...more

May 6, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is looking for help finding a man they say forced his way into a Memorial Boulevard gas station in the early morning of New Year's Eve to pilfer trays of lottery tickets. ...more

February 20, 2008

Barring changes by the Legislature, the state's class-size amendment is slated to take full effect in August as parental choices change. ...more

February 19, 2008

Former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth has agreed to plead guilty to signing a false tax return. ...more

November 3, 2007

Former lottery multimillionaire Rhoda Toth has agreed to plead guilty to signing a false tax return. Toth's husband, Alex, has been declared incompetent to stand trial and is being evaluated in a federal medical correctional facility in North Carolina. ...more

November 2, 2007

This school year may be just weeks old, but Terrace Community Middle wants families to start thinking about next school year. The charter middle school at 11734 Jefferson Road is accepting applications for the 2008-09 school until Jan. 14. As of now, the school is expected to have 124 openings in the sixth grade. School leaders don't know how many openings will be available in the seventh and eighth grades. ...more

September 11, 2007