LAKE PLACID — One of two victims involved in a shooting in Highway Park was scheduled to be released from Tampa General Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Two men were hospitalized late Sunday after being shot outside Highway Park Liquors, located at 101 Vision St., near Crestmore Drive. ...more

May 13, 2008

Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. On Friday, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car near the shore of Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 10, 2008

Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. Today, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car along the shores of Lake Maggiore. Police identified the victim as Angela Burgess, 32, of St. Petersburg. The mother of four died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, the 13th homicide in the city this year. ...more

May 9, 2008

St. Petersburg police say a woman sleeping in her car about 5:15 this morning was shot dead and a fisherman was struck by a bullet in the 2800 block of Pallanza Drive South near Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 9, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Personnel from a New Port Richey doctor's office smelled something terrible, and when they looked in a bag outside, they saw what they believed to be a dead baby, Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

May 2, 2008

A teenager has been arrested in connection with the brutal double murder of Patrick and Evelyn DePalma 18 months ago. ...more

April 12, 2008

A 44-year-old laborer was arrested Friday night on a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 11 killing of 44-year-old Donald Kay. ...more

February 16, 2008

While the mud thickens as the Democrats and Republicans go at each other to try to win the presidency, the Bush administration is moving in its last 11 months toward addressing one of the greatest of all domestic problems: the cold but savage slaughter and the enormous expense imposed upon this society by the street gangs that terrorize urban communities from coast to coast. ...more

February 5, 2008

A body found Saturday in a shallow grave in Sarasota County has been positively identified as Denise Amber Lee of North Port, authorities announced today. ...more

January 20, 2008

The massive search for Denise Amber Lee of North Port, the 21-year-old daughter of a veteran sheriff's lieutenant, apparently ended Saturday with authorities' discovery of a shallow grave in Sarasota County containing the body of a white female. ...more

January 20, 2008