For the past six weeks, Seminole resident John Piazza said he has had to buy plenty of John McCain signs to replace the ones that have gone missing from his front yard. ...more

November 3, 2008

Vidal Mills asks a visitor to call before dropping by his Carver City home so a family member can hold the chained pit bull in the front yard at bay. ...more

October 28, 2008

The father of a teenager slain in his Tampa driveway says his family feels threatened because the case has not been resolved. ...more

October 27, 2008

If she's not quilting while watching the telly, Roshen Jagan is downing bowls of fruit. ...more

October 24, 2008

A young oak tree in the front yard may be the first clue this 1,644-square-foot home on the Caloosa Greens Golf Course, is in one of the newer Sun City Center communities. ...more

October 22, 2008

A Spring Hill man was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy early this morning. ...more

October 21, 2008

If she's not quilting while watching the telly, Roshen Jagan is downing bowls of fruit. ...more

October 17, 2008

Bill Bunting has decided destruction of Republican campaign signs has gone too far. Bunting, chairman of the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee, said the local party is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for defacing signs promoting presidential candidate John McCain, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis or any other Republican candidate. The reward also can be collected for fingering vandals who target Republican homes. Bunting reported that someone spray painted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's name, along with a vulgarity, on the Port Richey house of a McCain supporter. Pasco Democrats don't plan to offer any rewards, but they also are having a problem, though not with graffiti on houses. ...more

October 16, 2008

They know they don't have $10,000 to spend on campaign signs. They have made only a few so far, but they want their message to be heard and seen, no matter how much they are being outnumbered or outspent. ...more

September 22, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $110,500 bond Monday after he was arrested Friday night and charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept. 7. Elbert McFarlane Heron, 28, of 130 Zion St., was booked on charges of attempted second-degree murder, firing a weapon or discharging a firearm in public, firing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling, vehicle or building and firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle. ...more

September 15, 2008