Polk County sheriff's deputies are looking for two men who robbed a Winter Haven convenience store at gunpoint. ...more

November 6, 2009

Produce market competes for customers in tough economy. ...more

October 26, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Tuesday, after he was charged with lewd molestation of a girl between 12 and 15 years old. ...more

October 8, 2009

One person was shot and killed early this morning in the parking lot of a convenience store, and police are investigating. He has been identified as Marquise T. Pennywell, 19, of St. Petersburg. ...more

September 30, 2009

A 22-year-old man stole a car, crashed it after police chased him, then carjacked someone before wrecking that vehicle as well, police say. ...more

September 15, 2009

City Manager Steve Spina will ask the City Council to consider relaxing the ordinance that governs Sunday sales of alcohol. ...more

September 13, 2009

With the help of a department tracking dog, deputies Saturday arrested a man wanted on an armed robbery charge who tried to elude pursuit by hiding underwater in a stand of mangroves. ...more

September 6, 2009

City Council last week approved the sale of beer and wine at a convenience store at Kirby Street and Florida Avenue, across from the Oaks at Riverview complex. ...more

August 26, 2009

A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Construction worker Anthony Carey usually gets $50 in scratch-off lottery tickets once a week at the convenience store where he gasses up, but he says that probably will change when Florida reintroduces vending machines this year in supermarkets. ...more

June 6, 2009