A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured after they were struck by a semi-tractor trailer truck ...more

April 23, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are on the hunt for a woman connected with a robbery at Superior Bank, 4842 Sun City Center Blvd., today at 12:23 p.m. ...more

April 22, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for a female bank robbery suspect in Sun City Center. The woman robbed Superior Bank, 4842 Sun City Center Blvd., about 12:20 p.m., sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

April 22, 2009

A teenager was reported missing April 12 and her family is making pleas for her to come home ...more

April 22, 2009

I am an angry, loyal Publix shopper and have shopped there for over 40 years. I learned about the closing of the Avon Park store in the newspaper, and a Publix spokesperson confirmed this. Part of her rationale for closing the store is that "it doesn't make sense to have two stores only four and a half miles apart." Sebring now has two stores about five miles apart, Lake Wales has two stores about five miles apart and Winter Haven has two stores about five miles apart. Avon Park shoppers who are accustomed to running by their neighborhood Publix to pick up a gallon of milk or a box of fried chicken, on their way home from work, will now have to buy their goods at Winn-Dixie or Wal-Mart, neither of whom carries products of the same quality as Publix's goods; or they can drive all the way to Sebring. ...more

April 18, 2009

Two men drove from Manatee County to the Wal-Mart on Broad Street Wednesday on the belief they were going to illegally buy 150 grams of the painkiller oxycodone. ...more

April 18, 2009

Paul & Jerry's Self Storage, 10161 County Line Road, Spring Hill, , 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 6000 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chick-Fil-A coupon ...more

April 1, 2009

Retail recently had its best week since the beginning of December and analysts think the strong showing is a "good omen" heading into the spring season. ...more

April 1, 2009

A man died Tuesday morning, trapped in a burning van outfitted as a camper and parked at a Wal-Mart Supercenter. ...more

March 31, 2009

A man died when he became trapped inside a burning van outfitted as a camper this morning in a Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot. ...more

March 31, 2009