BRADENTON — A former firefighter who was acquitted in 2004 on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run crash that authorities say is alcohol-related. ...more

June 1, 2008

MIAMI - A farmworker advocacy group and Burger King have agreed on a deal to help improve wages and conditions for Florida tomato pickers. ...more

May 23, 2008

Southwest Bartow residents have been in a buzz ever since hundreds of vultures took up roost in their neighborhood. ...more

February 25, 2008

GULFPORT -- A man and a woman were found shooting up heroin Thursday morning in a parking lot next to Gulfport Elementary School, police said. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after not moving her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A year ago, Jeri McDonald said she saw her granddaughter skydive, and thought she wanted to try it as well. ...more

February 20, 2008

CLEARWATER -- The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after failing to move her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 20, 2008

Tampa police are looking for a man who abandoned five stolen plasma televisions and a stolen Dodge Durango shortly after 6 a.m. at North Howard Avenue and West La Salle Street. ...more

February 7, 2008

A Clearwater police officer accused of wrongly arresting a 75-year-old woman at a McDonald's drive-through last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by his supervisors, according to an internal affairs file released Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

About the only person who believes a Clearwater police officer wrongly arrested 75-year-old Jean Merola at a McDonald's drive-through last month is Jean Merola. ...more

February 4, 2008