Manatee County detectives are investigating an inmate's apparent suicide Monday night at the Manatee County Jail. ...more

August 5, 2008

Steven Anthony Vanwart of Land O' Lakes is accused of raping an 18-year-old girl who was four months pregnant. ...more

July 23, 2008

TAMPA-- Lilian y José Ruiz jamás pensaron que a su edad estarían cambiando pañales y criando a tres niños. "No ha sido fácil tener tres hijos de golpe", dijo José. "Uno está mayor y yo fui muy organizado en mi vida, de no tener tantos muchachos". ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - Former Wharton High School teacher and coach Jaymee Wallace, 30, received three years in prison today for lewd and lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity with a minor student. ...more

December 5, 2007

A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge Monday she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge today she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 8, 2007