Melissa J. Berry doesn't mind prancing around in public in her underwear. But the 24-year-old model and lingerie football league player draws the line at a former boyfriend - a safe dating expert - posting nude and intimate photos of her on the internet. ...more

December 24, 2008

An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Thursday after she was arrested for the second time since Aug. 12, and was charged with burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property. ...more

September 27, 2008

As a writer, I'm fascinated with words. I love studying them, and I always want to know, not only what a word means, but also the origins of it. ...more

August 29, 2008

Pinellas County Detectives have arrested a registered sexual predator in Clearwater and charged him with engaging in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl on four times between March and June. Ariquer Diaz Diaz, 32, was arrested on one count of sexual performance by a child and four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Photographs depicting the victim performing a sexual act on the suspect were recovered from the victim's cellular telephone, detectives said. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $10,000 each, charged with burglary, grand theft and felony criminal mischief in connection with a burglary at the Habitat For Humanity store. ...more

February 4, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. ...more

January 8, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. In the Hernando County School Board's annual financial audit for 2006-07, released last month, the district has shown major improvement in an area where it has been historically cited. ...more

January 8, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Family and friends of a young mother who disappeared Nov. 5 from her Colony Lakes Estates home have organized a search for her that will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. ...more

November 16, 2007

City officials want to limit the number of cellular telephone towers in the city. ...more

October 17, 2007

An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail Wednesday, charged with attempted murder of a woman over her small claims court case against him involving a damaged cell phone. ...more

September 27, 2007