The narcotics-sniffing dog Zuul smells drugs on almost every car he checks. But that does not necessarily mean there are drugs on board. ...more

September 21, 2008

A schizophrenic migrant worker thought to be responsible for a 1999 slaying may be released soon from the Florida State Hospital. ...more

September 10, 2008

Eloise Mudway was 83 and facing the prospect of living the rest of her life alone when she let Cynthia and Joseph Clancy move in to her Hilltop Drive home. ...more

August 30, 2008

In an exceptionally close race, family law attorney Catherine M. Catlin was narrowly defeating sitting Circuit Judge Kevin Carey late Tuesday night. ...more

August 27, 2008

Most voters are aware that the candidates for sheriff and county commissioner will face off in the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

August 23, 2008

The three candidates running to replace outgoing Circuit Judge Wayne Cobb all portray themselves as hard-working individuals with life experience outside the courtroom. ...more

August 22, 2008

No physical evidence links David Lee Onstott to the killing of a 13-year-old girl in 2005, defense attorneys said Wednesday during closing arguments. ...more

August 21, 2008

Prosecutors and defense attorneys called the final witnesses to the stand Monday, and when court resumes Wednesday, the jury is expected to decide the fate of David Lee Onstott. ...more

August 19, 2008

More than three years after her daughter's body was found submerged in a pond near her Ruskin home, Kelly May was again in the same room with David Lee Onstott, the man accused of killing 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 14, 2008

A judge today threw out a jury's determination that a 21-year-old woman was guilty of neglect in the death of her 9-month-old son, who was left in a bathtub last year. ...more

August 11, 2008