Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009

Mario Lopez was out of jail for almost a year. A former Miami resident who has served prison terms for grand theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, Lopez, 45, was arrested again Tuesday, accused of swindling more than $2,100 and two passports from people who thought they were paying for a trip to Ecuador, Pasco County Sheriff's Office records state. ...more

March 25, 2009

Snowbird C.J. Holley's time in the Sunshine State is coming to an end, thanks to that looming April 15 deadline. ...more

March 25, 2009

County officials are preparing their objections to federal proposals for a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions some view as a new tax that could raise electric bills. ...more

March 24, 2009

DANA POINT, Calif. – With AFC coaches seated at separate tables in a hotel resort ballroom for Tuesday morning's media breakfast, Josh McDaniels didn't have to worry about dining alone. ...more

March 24, 2009

Denver quarterback Jay Cutler isn't attending the National Football League owners meetings, but he's certainly here in spirit. When dawn broke Monday for the start of the annual three-day spring awakening, Cutler's name seemed omnipresent in every ballroom and corridor conversation. ...more

March 23, 2009

North Korea said Friday it has reopened a military hot line with the South ahead of the North's widely expected missile launch early next month. ...more

March 21, 2009

The couple accused of abusing a teenage boy and keeping him confined to a bathroom in their Spring Hill home are actually the victims in the case, their attorney said Tuesday. ...more

March 18, 2009

The haze over Tampa early Tuesday morning seemed to add to the ambience as St. Patrick's Day celebrations began. ...more

March 18, 2009

While Democrats in Congress look to recoup $165 million in bonus money paid to executives at American International Group Inc., three local bankers chimed in on what they considered a perfect storm of rampant greed on Wall Street and negligence on Capitol Hill. ...more

March 18, 2009