Authorities say a man arrested near Barack Obama's Chicago home told police officers he wanted to speak with the presidential hopeful about getting a job. ...more

September 25, 2008

Three people who led deputies on a chase along Interstate 4 near Plant City on Saturday night were arrested on drug trafficking and gun possession charges, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 28, 2008

Dallas Dwayne Carter, 44, had both hips replaced and was on disability, and whenever he tried to work, the pain just got worse. He had two sons he had to take care of, and he had $6,000 in unpaid bills. So Carter says in a suicide note he wrote before he fired 30 shots at Pinellas Park police Saturday night. They returned fire, killing him. The note was released this afternoon by the Pinellas Park Police Department. ...more

July 23, 2008

Pinellas Park police shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 21, 2008

Police in Pinellas Park shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 20, 2008

LAKE PLACID – A well-known handcyclist and his wife were arrested Thursday morning after Highlands County Sheriff's Special Investigations Unit detectives say they served a search warrant on his Lake Placid home and found a large quantity of marijuana. ...more

July 3, 2008

A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after arguing with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his cell phone while on the assembly line, police said Wednesday. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — Having emergency medical services available 24/7 is something some residents may ponder briefly, as an ambulance whizzes by, hopeful it isn't someone they know. Or possibly they don't think about at all until it's their moment to dial for help. Highlands County has had Emergency Medical Services available since 1975, but many of the long-timers, the pioneers, are retired, retiring or thinking seriously about retirement. "It's probably unheard of to have this many people in it for so many years," said paramedic Eddie Ezell, 54, of Avon Park, himself a 33-year veteran of the Emergency Medical Services. The national average reportedly is about three to five years. ...more

May 18, 2008

Travis Williams-Martell had it pretty good for a 7-year-old. His dad taught him to fish and hunt. They spent as much time together in the woods or on the water as Joseph Martell's schedule allowed. On March 22, the boy posed for a picture in front of his dad's Ranger flats boat, proudly displaying a keeper redfish the child had just caught on "ultra-lite" tackle. ...more

May 11, 2008

Warning: Giving out rides to strangers — or refusing to pick them up — can be a dangerous undertaking. ...more

May 6, 2008