A 1-year-old Avon Park boy was killed on Christmas when he was run over by a Chevrolet pickup truck that was backing out of a driveway in th 1600 block of North Delaney Avenue, near County Road 17 A. West. ...more

December 28, 2008

Three men dumped a large pile of old automobile tires onto a St. Petersburg street Sunday night, police say. Officers arrested the driver, Fernada Lynn Hurst, on a felony littering charge. ...more

December 23, 2008

The mood was delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution last week. ...more

December 19, 2008

The weather outside was frightful on a cold, rain-swept Friday morning. But the mood was so delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution. Some 77 needy families in West Pasco will have happy holidays as a result, the Rev. Jack Long, the pastor at the hospital, emphasized. ...more

December 17, 2008

Jack Boyle carries on a conversation in his San Antonio pottery studio while working at the wheel. His hands move so deftly as he crafts shapely bowls from lumps of clay that they almost belie the talent required for the job. ...more

December 13, 2008

Corey Smith might be a big wheel someday. Right now, though, the River Ridge Middle School student and his friends want to be able to ride bicycles to school in greater safety. ...more

December 6, 2008

Deputies say when they found Marco Antonio Gonzalez-Ramirez early this morning, he was passed out at the wheel of the vehicle he was driving. ...more

November 28, 2008

The winner of the largest slot machine jackpot in Florida history said she played the machine because she "felt lucky" and plans to use some of her $2.5 million winnings to pay off her home in Land O' Lakes. ...more

November 27, 2008

A woman from Land O' Lakes got one lucky spin on a slot machine Tuesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and hit a jackpot worth more than $2.5 million, the casino announced. ...more

November 27, 2008

A woman from Land O' Lakes got one lucky spin on a slot machine at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Tuesday and hit a jackpot worth more than $2.5 million, the casino announced. ...more

November 26, 2008