Ecuador's government has hired a lawyer to appeal the sentences against a citizen on Florida's death row and called again Thursday for the U.S. to return the man to the South American country. ...more

January 29, 2009

Judge Michael Hunter has granted Leon Davis' motion to dismiss his standby counsel, Stephen Fisher, in a pair of cases involving five slayings. ...more

November 20, 2008

Leon Davis, accused of killing five people in Polk County in 2007, appeared in court this morning for the first time as his own attorney. ...more

October 16, 2008

BARTOW - Leon Davis won the right to act as his own attorney when he stands trial in the slayings of five people during two attacks in December. ...more

September 4, 2008

A former county employee who acknowledged a role in a scheme that helped scores of illegal immigrants secure driver's licenses was sentenced Tuesday to two years and three months in federal prison and then three years of supervision. ...more

January 23, 2008

Juanita Luciano, who was six months' pregnant when she was set on fire while at work, died Thursday, Lake Wales police said. ...more

January 4, 2008

LAKE WALES - Juanita Luciano, who was six months pregnant when she was set on fire while at work, died today, police said. ...more

January 3, 2008

Dorilyn Kornn and Tamora Jones and her friends always enjoyed going to the Headley Nationwide Insurance office on Central Avenue. They would tend to business and shoot the breeze with Yvonne Bustamante and Juanita Luciano, the young women there who handled customer service. ...more

December 21, 2007

A community prayer service will begin at noon today at 124 West Central Ave. for victims of a fire set during a robbery attempt last week. ...more

December 20, 2007

LAKE WALES – Una de las dos mujeres que sufrieron quemaduras de gravedad luego que un hombre les echará gasolina durante un asalto la semana pasada en Lake Wales murió. ...more

December 19, 2007