Almost two years after the massive publicity surrounding the 40-year sentence of Cali Cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States, one of his longtime lieutenants was quietly sent away for life on Monday. ...more

January 17, 2009

Florida State University's release of the NCAA's notice of allegations reveals no new charges regarding an academic misconduct case that involves 61 student-athletes. ...more

September 12, 2008

A poorly structured online course, a lack of attention and sloppy oversight of "one rogue tutor" combined to "contaminate" a class in which as many as 50 student-athletes may be penalized for cheating, Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell said today. ...more

December 21, 2007

Florida State University leaders reviewed the computer records of as many as 900 students enrolled in the same online music history course in which some student-athletes are suspected of cheating, the university's provost said Wednesday. ...more

December 20, 2007

A budding online friendship between a Citrus Springs man and a St. Petersburg man turned sinister when one invited the other to help him kill someone and then have sex with the body, Citrus County sheriff's officials said. ...more

October 28, 2007

A budding online friendship between a Citrus Springs man and a St. Petersburg man turned sinister when one invited the other to help him kill someone and then have sex with the body, Citrus County sheriff's officials said. Sheriff's deputies on Friday arrested Kevin Wade Daley, 50, of Citrus Springs, charging him with criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder. They also searched his home located at 2377 W. Swanson Dr. ...more

October 27, 2007