Police were called six times in 2009 to the house where an 11-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend are accused of trying to kill the girl's mother by setting the mother's bed on fire. ...more

January 2, 2010

Even before an 11-year-old girl was accused of setting her house afire in a plot to burn her mother, the household was far from harmonious, according to court documents. ...more

December 31, 2009

A Christmas night fire that destroyed a mobile home on Seminole Boulevard is being investigated as a possible arson. ...more

December 27, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the state fire marshal's office are continuing to search for the person or persons who reportedly tried to burn down a Lake Placid church Monday night. ...more

December 23, 2009

A two-alarm fire ripped through an office complex this morning, destroying four offices. ...more

December 3, 2009

A 46-year-old man tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend by setting fire to her Lutz home, according to the state fire marshal's office. William P. Harris poured accelerant on the home's doorway and set fire to it Wednesday, an arrest report states. The door is the home's only exit. ...more

December 3, 2009

A fire that raged through an apartment complex building this morning was arson, investigators said, the second in less than a month at Waterman's Crossing. ...more

August 3, 2009

A Hardee County grand jury indicted two Sebring men for the November 2008 murder of a Jamaican man. ...more

July 23, 2009

Investigators will try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a double-wide mobile home this afternoon at Doral Village on U.S. 19 in Dunedin. ...more

July 11, 2009

A second defendant charged in the 2007 murder of Bryan "Red" Fanning now has an October trial date. ...more

May 22, 2009