SEBRING – Harder Hall is up for sale again after the buyer, Steve Israel, pulled out his contract when the Sebring City Council refused his request to extend the due-diligence period. Nils Richter, a representative for Israel, said Tuesday night they could not secure financing for the project to renovate the hotel and build condominiums on the site. "We didn't find it easy in this market to get the financing we need," Richter said. "We are trying to put together something that makes financial sense." Instead of extending the due-diligence period, city council members told Richter to submit another contract if he is still interested in purchasing the property. ...more

November 6, 2007

An appellate court on Friday struck down a ruling that would have given convicted murderer Thomas Wayne Patterson a new trial. ...more

October 13, 2007

Tara Ramsdell waited five years for the trial of Phillup Alan Partin, the man investigators say killed her daughter. ...more

October 10, 2007

The murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin stands on the precipice of mistrial after his attorneys learned for the first time Friday that DNA tests were conducted on a controversial blood stain. ...more

October 6, 2007

When Patrisha Windham sat on the witness stand Wednesday, she saw the man charged in the 2002 slaying of Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

October 4, 2007

Kevin Curtin says he didn't know the pretty classmate who showed up at his birthday party Aug. 30 with a can of Red Bull in her hand. The Florida Gulf Coast University student spoke out through his attorney Tuesday for the first time since his "open house party" charge became public, saying it's not his fault that Plant High School graduate Mary Grace Taaffe got drunk that night in his Estero apartment. ...more

October 3, 2007

Tara Ramsdell closed her eyes for a second, then resumed watching a video showing her daughter's lifeless body. ...more

October 3, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Assistant State Attorney Michael Halkitis has wrapped up his opening statement in the murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin. ...more

October 2, 2007

A woman who died after being handcuffed and detained at the Phoenix airport was on her way to an alcohol rehabilitation program in Tucson, her family said Monday, accusing police of manhandling her during the ordeal. ...more

October 2, 2007

Joshua Engel made a habit of talking about what happened inside the house on Runnel Drive on April 10, 2004. ...more

September 20, 2007