Getting to the big game wasn't a problem, and neither was parking, provided fans were willing to shell out $20 to $100. ...more

February 2, 2009

People heading to the Super Bowl can still find parking, but expect to pay for it. ...more

February 1, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in finding a man thought to be responsible for Wednesday's robbery of a Shell gas station. Robert H. Huffman, 57, is being sought on a warrant for felony armed robbery, officials said today. He is accused of robbing the gas station at 3103 S. 50th St. ...more

December 19, 2008

A Lakeland man died in a crash about 3:30 p.m. today on Rockridge Road near U.S. 98 in Polk County. ...more

November 7, 2008

Police were still investigating Monday the armed robbery early Saturday of the Hilltop Shell gas station and convenience store, located at the intersection of Memorial Drive and East Main Street. ...more

August 19, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The more things change, the more they remain the same. In the middle of the last century, a building with large glass bay doors at the corner of what is now Main Street and S.R. 580 housed a gas station. ...more

August 2, 2008

A lone gunman covered in black garments took an undisclosed amount of money in a convenience story robbery Saturday evening, similar to Tuesday's Taylor BP station robbery. ...more

July 14, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Confusion over which gas station was shut down by state inspectors who found water in the tanks and pumps of a former Shell gas station at the southwest corner of U.S. 27 and State Road 70 has hurt business at the Circle K gas station, which now carries the Shell branding. Tom Eaton, district manager for Circle K, said Wednesday that his business on the northwest corner of the same intersection has been devastated due to customer confusion over where the water gas was located and pumps shut down. ...more

July 2, 2008

LAKE PLACID – An undetermined number of motorists were affected, some stranded Thursday, after they reported pumping watery gasoline into their vehicles at a Shell gas station at the corner of U.S. 27 and State Road 70, south of Lake Placid. Terence McElroy, press secretary for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, confirmed the pumps at the gas station had been shut down by an inspector who found water in the tanks. The pump nozzles have been covered and a yellow caution tape has been wrapped around the pumps, McElroy said. "We've received three or four complaints (about that location)," McElroy said. "Our inspector found water in the gas storage tanks as well as water dispensed from the hoses." The pumps have been shut down and the station is in the process of cleaning it up, he added. ...more

June 30, 2008

Debra Lafave will have her next day in court Dec. 18 rather than Jan. 7. ...more

December 11, 2007