NEWS & NOTES Baseball incidents costly for Armwood Armwood has been fined $1,350 and placed on administrative and restrictive probation until June 2010 stemming from its involvement in two on-field incidents in a Class 5A state semifinal baseball game last season, according to a letter sent to the school by the Florida High School Athletics Association. ...more

November 4, 2009

Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford are battling to replace Mayor Rick Baker, who is finishing his second term. ...more

November 3, 2009

The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida. ...more

June 25, 2009

An impatient passenger tries to leave a jetliner as it sits on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport. ...more

March 30, 2009

TAMPA (AP) — The lawyer for Washington Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes said the ballplayer expects to meet next week's deadline to pay more than $40,000 in court-ordered child support and alimony to his estranged wife. ...more

January 15, 2009

The city of Winter Haven has filed a lawsuit against its former spring training tenant, the Cleveland Indians. ...more

January 15, 2009

A woman was sentenced Tuesday to time served for her role in the confinement of her son, then 9, who authorities say was kept locked in his bedroom for almost three years and monitored by a video camera. ...more

December 30, 2008

Three Pasco County schools had to do some quick cleaning up Friday morning after graffiti was found on walls, sidewalks, stop signs and elsewhere. ...more

December 6, 2008

The local state attorney's investigation into the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson was complete and thorough, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has concluded after conducting an independent review. ...more

October 6, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Deputies searching for a suspect in a home invasion near Ashton Elementary School triggered a lockdown at three public school campuses on Tuesday, minutes before school was scheduled to let out. ...more

September 17, 2008