AVON PARK Five people are facing a number of drug charges following their arrest Friday in a "reverse sting operation" orchestrated by deputies with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 20, 2008

Relatives of a Tampa woman grieved today, recalling how they had learned late Tuesday that her body had been found in a vacant house in Lakeland. Jennifer Denise Johnson, 31, was reported missing Saturday evening after family members became concerned when she did not appear in time for her 2-year-old daughter's birthday party. The family scrapped the party, anxious and worried. ...more

November 19, 2008

One of the suspects charged in the murder of Samuel Tiller may change his plea at a December hearing. ...more

November 14, 2008

Adult movie producer Paul Little is asking a judge to let him postpone his 46-month prison sentence while his lawyers appeal his conviction on obscenity charges. Little, whose pornographic character goes by the name Max Hardcore, lives in California, but was tried in Tampa after investigators here ordered his films through the mail and downloaded them on the Internet. ...more

October 24, 2008

James Barnes' stated motive for killing his wife, Virginia Barnes, was because he did not want her to live with her "current state of dementia." ...more

October 24, 2008

Brooke McDonald was remembered Monday as an average fun-loving teenager with a "beautiful smile" that "lit up every room she walked into." ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples sobbed Tuesday after an effort to fight her eviction from public housing failed. ...more

September 24, 2008

TAMPA Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples sobbed today after an effort to fight her eviction from public housing failed. ...more

September 23, 2008

A 33-year-old woman stole her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading squad, according to a criminal complaint filed against the woman. ...more

September 14, 2008

Undercover detectives in Polk County said they busted one of their detention deputies trying to sell prescription drugs Thursday night. ...more

September 5, 2008