TAMPA - A Lowry Elementary School teacher thought she was taking her class to an assembly on fitness and music. She left $10,000 richer. ...more

May 12, 2008

The setting could hardly be more surreal. On one side of Branch Forbes Road at Interstate 4 sits a full-size dinosaur replica advertising a theme park. On the other, there's a building that looks like Noah's ark - with a large deck attached. ...more

May 7, 2008

For her bat mitzvah project, Lauren Rubin, 12, held a yard sale to benefit Trinity Cafe, which feeds the homeless and poor. ...more

February 13, 2008

A 39-year-old Plant City man was killed when a sport utility vehicle overturned while trying to exit Interstate 4 last night, authorities said. Billy Wayne Dean died at the scene, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Another person, Marlene Harper, 31, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release said. Both lived at 301 North Wilder Road in Plant City, the release said. ...more

February 9, 2008

TAMPA - Los equipos asignados a erradicar el atraso en la captura de los fugitivos de inmigración en Estados Unidos han arrestado este año fiscal a casi el doble del año pasado, según Bárbara González, portavoz del Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE). ...more

December 6, 2007

Teams assigned to eliminate the nation's backlog of immigration fugitives have arrested nearly twice as many people this fiscal year as the previous year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said Tuesday. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - A judge on Tuesday ordered attorney Barry Cohen not to directly contact Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee about the case of Sabrina Aisenberg. ...more

October 30, 2007

SEBRING — For the 21st straight year, the Lake Placid Art League will hold its annual art show on the fourth Saturday in January at the Highlands County Agri-Civic Center. ...more

October 17, 2007