There is something familiar about the storyline: woman has more than one sex partner; woman becomes pregnant; no father's name on the birth certificate; paternity questioned. ...more

August 14, 2008

On the first day of trial Wednesday, jurors heard testimony from a 19-year-old woman who says Steven Vanwart, an acquaintance, raped her while she was pregnant last year. ...more

July 24, 2008

A Miami man is being held in a Hillsborough County jail on charges that he kidnapped a businessman for at least $100,000, then fled to Tampa. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - A Miami man is being held in a Hillsborough County jail on charges that he kidnapped a businessman for at least $100,000, then fled to Tampa. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Police have charged a Tampa man accused of sexually battering a longtime acquaintance and stealing $50 from her. ...more

June 6, 2008

Hernando High student was to compete in barrel racing championships in July. ...more

May 20, 2008

Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. On Friday, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car near the shore of Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 10, 2008

St. Petersburg police say a woman sleeping in her car about 5:15 this morning was shot dead and a fisherman was struck by a bullet in the 2800 block of Pallanza Drive South near Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 9, 2008

For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. ...more

February 23, 2008

Two men accused of robbing and beating an acquaintance and then stealing her car Friday are each in jail, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said. Gary Abbate and Gary Wayne Sharp, both of Brooksville, face attempted murder charges in the attack on 49-year-old Reba Myers at her home on Moon Road. They fled in Myers' blue 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer, the sheriff's office reported. ...more

February 3, 2008