"Ten twenty-four, I've been shot. Ten twenty-four, I've been shot." The call was the second one Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Edward Finneran said he heard from Sgt. Nicholas Sottile on the afternoon of Jan. 12, 2007. ...more

March 30, 2009

A Louisiana woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child, authorities said Thursday. ...more

February 26, 2009

Dear Abby: My girlfriend, "Brandy," and I have been living together for about six months. Whenever she has any free time, she's out with her sister or one of her friends. ...more

December 14, 2008

Despite having to battle her way out of a mass of runners, Lake Placid senior Erica Resendiz managed to finish seventh in Friday's Class 2A-District 6 cross country meet at Estero Park in Fort Myers. ...more

November 9, 2008

The ebony-blue, bursty blackberry fruit was just too pretty to pass up at the market the other day, so I picked up two pints: one for breakfast (plain yogurt with a generous drizzle of honey and then topped with the berries) and the other pint to experiment with. I was thinking: Sauce. Brandy. Salmon. ...more

August 20, 2008

Damu Cherry was a good hurdler on the Leto High track team, but never a state champion. And when she went on to compete for the University of South Florida in the event, she never won a conference title. ...more

August 3, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The girls aren't bad, they've had bad things happen to them. So spoke Danielle Taylor-Fagan, executive director of the PACE Center for Girls, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week in helping troubled teen girls turn around their lives. ...more

June 14, 2008

Edgar Michael Otero, 29, of Sebring was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday afternoon on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. ...more

January 8, 2008

In mid-December, a man walked a shiny new boys' bicycle into Atomic Tattoos on Kings Avenue and walked out an hour or two later with the Wrangler Jeans logo permanently inked on his bicep. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Seven people were injured, at least two critically, in a head-on collision Saturday night at State Road 52 and Ehren Cutoff. ...more

November 19, 2007