The child was playing in the yard and ran into the street when his mother went inside for a moment, police said. ...more

March 6, 2009

It's an exciting time in history, and an exciting time in my industry. ...more

February 25, 2009

In 2007, a teenager finishing up classes at Powell Middle School was withdrawn from public school. ...more

February 20, 2009

The paramour of a woman accused of brutally beating a teenager and keeping him locked in a bathroom for two years was arrested Thursday on similar charges. ...more

February 13, 2009

Bruised, bleeding and battered, the teen struggled in the dark to free his wrists of the packing tape that bound them together. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Spring Hill woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she locked a teenage boy in a bathroom for two years and beat him with a plank of wood. The 16-year-old managed to escape Monday and go to a neighbor's house for help. A responding deputy said he found the boy covered in bruises and cuts. ...more

February 12, 2009

"Oh, it's sore, but not too bad." Some people are like that. I had driven my mom down to visit someone in the intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital, and she had taken off her jacket and was trying to put on the required gown mask and gloves. That's when I noticed one arm was swollen so much she looked like Popeye. ...more

February 6, 2009

A Hillsborough County detention deputy will be suspended without pay for a week after a departmental investigation found he used excessive force against a female inmate roughly half his size, officials said. ...more

February 3, 2009

Gold and black-clad fans with Steelers' iconic Terrible Towels waving in the air or tucked into their back pockets partied into the early morning hours Monday in an impromptu block party across Pittsburgh to celebrate the team's historic sixth Super Bowl win. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 21-year-old Plant City man was arrested Saturday night, accused of attacking a person with a baseball bat after an argument over a battery turned violent, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

February 1, 2009