Calls of abandoned properties in Avon Park have flooded the city's code enforcement's office. Complaints about overgrown grass, squatters living in the abandoned homes and illegal activity on these lots have been an ongoing problem for the city. ...more

October 28, 2009

Investigators found a marijuana grow house in Brandon with 38 marijuana plants inside, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Jesse Lynn Turpen, 51, who lives in the home at 1804 Derbywood Drive. ...more

March 31, 2009

A fourth person has been charged with arson and attempted murder in connection with a fire on Monday that left 10 people homeless. ...more

March 12, 2009

A methamphetamine lab inside a home has been shut down, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 26, 2009

A Sebring woman remained in jail Tuesday on a $20,000 bond, while an Orlando man was out on a $5,500 bond following their Sunday arrest on drug charges. ...more

February 25, 2009

A 27-year-old Plant City man ran from a traffic stop Sunday but was arrested minutes later on drug and other charges, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

January 19, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in jail Wednesday in lieu of a $7,500 bond following his Monday arrest on drug charges. ...more

December 18, 2008

When Hillsborough County deputies executed a search warrant at Victor Cedeno's Tampa home, they found him in a bathroom, flushing baggies of cocaine down a toilet, deputies say. ...more

August 15, 2008

During my youth, I developed a taste for fresh mangoes picked from my grandmother's tree in Miami. Once a year or so, a box of those tropical fruits would land on our doorstep in the Midwest. ...more

August 6, 2008

During my youth, I developed a taste for fresh mangoes picked from my grandmother's tree in Miami. Once a year or so, a box of those tropical fruits would land on our doorstep in the Midwest. ...more

August 6, 2008