Wearing gloves and boots, Paula Simenson takes precautions when she gardens in her Tillers & Toilers plot - even though the much dreaded snakes are less likely to visit as the temperatures dip. ...more

October 28, 2009

A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

David McBurnett was charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old child, left brain-dead after being beaten for crying too much, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Hunter Morris died today from his injuries, deputies said. ...more

September 13, 2009

A 1-year-old child is brain dead after he was beaten by his mother's boyfriend for crying too much, a report states. ...more

September 12, 2009

A 1-year-old child is brain dead after he was beaten by his mother's boyfriend for crying too much, a report states. ...more

September 11, 2009

The beatings are more brutal, the families more desperate. ...more

April 1, 2009

The light switch in the New Port Richey home of Evelynne Rosario has a special meaning. She stood next to it for 23 minutes while her ex-husband held a knife to her throat. Today, the husband is gone. Rosario has made progress in ferreting out the psychological factors that drew her to him for two decades. She is the author of "Finally Free from Hell," a self-published book that deals with the causes of her abusive relationship. ...more

March 11, 2009

In a week shot through with oddities, peculiarities and assorted other "how 'bout that" moments - and that's not even bringing up the mummified pygmy mud-man exhibit at the county fair - these several emerged as worth something more than a passing noggin-scratch. ...more

February 22, 2009

Polk County deputies have charged the mother of one of the girls involved in the beating of a teenage girl recorded for YouTube with domestic battery in an unrelated incident. ...more

February 15, 2009

Hernando County deputies returned today to the Spring Hill home where a 16-year-old boy was beaten and locked in a bathroom and arrested a man they say contributed to the abuse. ...more

February 12, 2009