City Manager Billy Poe announced late Tuesday that he hired Mike Sherman, a planner from Tallahassee, as the city's new community development director. ...more

December 16, 2009

On Dec. 8, a silver Land Rover with the tag "Jah One" pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant in Sarasota, according to federal and local law enforcement agents. ...more

December 15, 2009

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. ...more

December 14, 2009

She hunkered down with male counterparts in a mine-resistant armored vehicle under sniper fire in Afghanistan and survived a ground attack in rugged terrain. ...more

December 13, 2009

An e-mail from my conscience: Reviewing your assorted botches during the past year, consider this one. In May, you mocked: "It is possible that climate change skeptics - the dominant Republican voices - have uncovered a vast scientific delusion, like the belief in phlogiston or phrenology. But ... this seems unlikely." In light of the incriminating e-mails hacked from the Climatic Research Unit of East Anglia University shouldn't you reconsider? Not since you pronounced "Jon & Kate Plus 8" a tribute to "normality and innocence" has your judgment been so poor. ...more

December 13, 2009

South Carolina's first lady has filed for divorce months after her husband publicly confessed an affair with an Argentine woman. ...more

December 11, 2009

Today TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT: Classy Jac's inside Ramada Inn Bayside is planning a Toys for Tots benefit at 8 p.m. ...more

December 11, 2009

Participating art galleries and stores will greet guests from 5 to 8 p.m. today in an open-house format during the December Gallery and Downtown Walk in Sebring. ...more

December 11, 2009

An insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed Thursday and first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

December 10, 2009

The historical Ferlita Macaroni Factory in Ybor City is facing the wrecking ball after its owner and members of the Italian Club apparently could not reach agreement on a plan to preserve the building. ...more

December 10, 2009