Clem Brooks looks perfect in his uniform, and perfectly happy in it. The black-and-white striped shirt. The white pants. The shiny black shoes and belt. ...more

September 26, 2008

DEFENSIVE MVP PROFILE Central needs two-way lineman Brooks Reid to have a great season. ...more

September 4, 2008

When a high school football team like Central loses four of its five top rushers, its top three receivers, its top five scorers, then the pressure is put on the returning players to make something happen the next season. ...more

September 4, 2008

A judge today threw out a jury's determination that a 21-year-old woman was guilty of neglect in the death of her 9-month-old son, who was left in a bathtub last year. ...more

August 11, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Even as he held a jail visitation phone with shackled hands, first-degree murder defendant Timothy Brooks said Thursday he still hopes he will play in the National Football League someday. ...more

August 7, 2008

NEW YORK Buster Posey capped one of the greatest seasons in Florida State history by winning the 2008 Golden Spikes Award as announced by USA Baseball on Wednesday. Posey becomes the fourth Seminole to capture the award, joining Mike Fuentes (1981), Mike Loynd (1986) and J.D. Drew (1997). ...more

July 17, 2008

Manatee sheriff's officials today arrested a quarterback of the Lakewood Ranch High School football team on a murder charge in the killing of a 19-year-old man during a drug deal and robbery Sunday night. ...more

July 14, 2008

Polk County authorities say the same man is responsible for at least two rapes in a Winter Haven community. ...more

July 9, 2008

A judge is trying to decide whether he will overturn a jury verdict that determined a 21-year-old woman is guilty of child neglect in the drowning of her 9-month-old son. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA - A judge is trying to decide whether he will overturn a jury verdict that determined a 21-year-old woman is guilty of child neglect in the drowning of her 9-month-old son. ...more

June 27, 2008