The murder suspect who drew national attention in 2005 for perching himself atop a crane in Atlanta for 56 hours was found guilty today and sentenced to life in prison. ...more

February 12, 2009

TAMPA – A day after Gerald Scott found his family dog shot, he still can't believe it. He said today he heard a gunshot Tuesday and came out of the house on 39th Street in Tampa to find the dog, Lady, with a gunshot wound. The bullet traveled through Lady's chest and into her right front leg, Scott said. ...more

December 10, 2008

Funeral services have been set for a Lakeland grade school teacher with local ties who authorities say was the victim of a murder-suicide. ...more

August 25, 2008

After Casey Weldon Till attacked a family Sunday night near Haines City, killing one person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, he went home and told his family what he had done, Polk County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

August 20, 2008

After Casey Weldon Till attacked a family Sunday night near Haines City, killing one person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, he went home and told his family what he had done, Polk County deputies say. ...more

August 19, 2008

Casey Weldon Till rear-ended a Toyota and attacked a family Sunday night in Haines City, killing a person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, Polk County deputies say. Investigators arrested Till, 26, at his Haines City home. ...more

August 18, 2008

BRADENTON - A former Lakewood Ranch High quarterback and his friend could face the death penalty if convicted of the first-degree murder charges prosecutors filed against them Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

I have been blessed with the privilege of living a full and interesting life. I have had the pleasure of working since I was 8 years of age. I have dug the earth, cleared land, fought America's enemies, overseen multi-billion dollar budgets, and written millions of words in the public forum. Furthermore, I have shaken hands with five presidents of the United States and broken bread with two of them. More importantly, I have hugged thousands upon thousands of ordinary people. ...more

July 3, 2008

Authorities say a 76-year-old retired nurse -- whom neighbors described as frail, petite and charitable -- was killed during a burglary or robbery. ...more

May 22, 2008

Friends and family gathered today at a Punta Gorda church to say goodbye to Denise Amber Lee, the 21-year-old mother who disappeared from her North Port home Thursday. ...more

January 23, 2008