A feisty and confident T.K. Wetherell promised a vigorous appeal of an NCAA sanction requiring Florida State to vacate wins because of academic misconduct. ...more

March 18, 2009

Former Lightning G Olie Kolzig jokingly walked the hallways outside the locker room Tuesday morning, wearing attire typically reserved for the road team on game day. ...more

March 18, 2009

Lawyer says teen was a "violent young man" who "frightened" his adoptive mother. ...more

March 17, 2009

The state rested its case against Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. today, betting that the testimony of three "snitches" will be enough to convict the 21-year-old of killing teens Derek Pieper and Raymond Veluz. ...more

March 16, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

During the waning full moon phase two fish feeding migrations develop both in duration and intensity at the same time. This is the perfect scenario for both the early morning and late evening anglers, although the later group's success rate will be greater due to the fact that water temperatures along shoreline areas will be the optimum degree for triggering the entire food-chain to feed. ...more

March 15, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009

Four people charged in a 2008 Avon Park New Year's Eve brawl that involved police officers are set for trial next week, with jury selection on Monday. ...more

March 9, 2009

A passing driver alerted an Avon Park couple to a shed fire Tuesday morning in the rear of their North Torrington Road home, said Fire Chief Earl Gray, with the Highlands Lakes Volunteer Fire Department. ...more

March 4, 2009

The impact was heard a mile away. The driver of a flatbed truck was released from St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa about 5 p.m. after the truck was struck by a train Tuesday morning. ...more

March 4, 2009