Three men entered an apartment and punched another man and hit him with a barbell before leaving with his wallet and money, police said. ...more

October 20, 2009

Miraculous. Sheriff David Gee could think of no better way to account for how one of his deputies survived a gunshot to the neck while responding to a 911 call. ...more

October 14, 2009

Police say a Seminole County mother strangled her toddler by using her hands and a bra. Authorities said Tuesday that 22-year-old Nioshka Bello was arrested upon release from the hospital, where she had been involuntarily committed after a suicide attempt. Police say Bello swallowed as many as 20 Benadryl pills after killing 2-year-old daughter Janessa Sandoval on Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2009

The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti, and police said Sunday the couple had a history of domestic violence calls to their homes over the past decade. ...more

September 20, 2009

More than 100 years ago St. Peter Claver Catholic School became the first private school in Florida with a mission to teach black students. But school officials say the landmark school faces a $250,000 budget shortfall for 2009-10. ...more

August 27, 2009

A 21-year-old man is the sixth person to die from police gunfire in Jacksonvlle this year. ...more

August 23, 2009

An 84-year-old man missing from his Top of the World apartment in Clearwater since Saturday night turned up at his home this morning, ending a search by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 23, 2009

A Riverview man is wanted on second-degree murder charges in the slayings of his mother and teenage sister, found dead this morning inside the apartment the three shared, the sheriff's office said. ...more

August 17, 2009

A 30-year-old woman was charged with second-degree murder today after she shot her boyfriend, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2009

Deputies arrested a 27-year-old man Saturday night on a charge of beating another man with an 8-foot-long metal flagpole. ...more

August 2, 2009