Someday soon, the grass may be greener for people laid to rest in a section of one Lawrence, Kan., cemetery. ...more

May 7, 2009

U.S. Marshals, who had tracked a homicide suspect from the Florida Panhandle to Tampa, opened fire on the man outside a hotel this morning, after he drew a handgun on officers, authorities said. ...more

April 21, 2009

Jessie LaDon Albach has been like a ghost haunting her family. A brother who was supposed to take her to a ballgame the night the 15-year-old vanished can't shake the knowledge that he never found her. Denise Yand, the sister she was to visit that summer, sees traces of her in the long hair and the walk of passers-by. ...more

February 23, 2009

Lisa DeCarr and Jessie LaDon Albach were like sisters. The 15-year-old friends hung around each other's neighborhoods, chatted about boys and borrowed each other's clothes. ...more

February 19, 2009

Lisa DeCarr and Jessie LaDon Albach were like sisters. ...more

February 18, 2009

State lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a series of immigration-related bills aimed at making it tougher to hire illegal immigrants, limiting public services they can receive and penalizing anyone who brings them into Florida. ...more

February 6, 2008

At the DeFuniak Springs courthouse, they're rolling a fake snowman into the traditional manger scene to make it clear that Walton County does not endorse the Christian religion. ...more

December 3, 2007

Jeffrey Steinsnyder will be the next county attorney. The County Commission has just voted 5-0 to hire Steinsnyder as the successor to Robert Sumner as county attorney, bypassing Chief Assistant County Attorney Barbara Wilhite. ...more

November 6, 2007

Commissioners today delayed a decision for two weeks on choosing the successor to retiring County Attorney Robert Sumner. ...more

October 23, 2007

A registered sexual offender who authorities say raped a 15-year-old girl after using the Internet to lure her from home was apprehended Saturday at a Virginia truck stop. ...more

October 7, 2007