Zachary Johnson's day care documented nine instances when the 17-month-old might have shown signs of abuse or neglect while in the care of his aunt and uncle. ...more

March 25, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist drew chuckles Monday when he introduced Don Winstead as Florida's "stimulus czar" - the key official charged with riding herd over $13.4 billion in federal stimulus money expected by the state. ...more

March 24, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist drew chuckles Monday when he introduced Don Winstead as Florida's "stimulus czar." ...more

March 23, 2009

Neighbors had their suspicions about the house on Whitmarsh Street. Particularly, they were concerned about the boy who lived there. He always acted withdrawn and shy around other children. His adopted mother worked him like a slave in the backyard planting flowers and trees, according to neighbor Pat Guttman. ...more

February 13, 2009

Neighbors had their suspicions about the house on Whitmarsh Street. ...more

February 12, 2009

A day after a Port Richey father was charged with murdering his baby, a state review found child welfare authorities failed to protect the little girl. Thomas James Ludwig, 24, got custody of his newborn twins in October after his girlfriend gave birth while jailed in Marion County. ...more

January 27, 2009

Often they're from out of state. No close friends yet, no relatives to lend a hand. ...more

January 26, 2009

Niccole Booze kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. kept hoping. She knew it was improbable, but she never let go of the possibility her 3-year-old son would leave the Largo nursing home where he received medical care for much of his young life and one day return to his family. ...more

December 1, 2008

John Joseph Edwards is using a 2007 appeals court decision as the basis for a lawsuit that claims the Department of Children and Families violated his civil rights. ...more

November 26, 2008

Candice Clark, a small-time thief who snatched her toddler from Florida custody in 2006 and was arrested later in Wisconsin with a dead woman in her backyard and a severely abused boy in her closet, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. ...more

November 12, 2008