Bill Jakob arrived in this small town with an offer to help police curb the community's methamphetamine problem. ...more

June 29, 2008

TAMPA - A Riverview woman was arrested today, accused by detectives of stealing more than $86,000 from an 80-year-old woman who suffers from dementia, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

June 18, 2008

Nepal's deposed king gave up his crown of peacock feathers, yak hair and jewels on Wednesday and left his palace forever. ...more

June 12, 2008

BRADENTON - Manatee County detectives are investigating an elderly woman found slain in her Bradenton home. ...more

May 21, 2008

Warning: Giving out rides to strangers — or refusing to pick them up — can be a dangerous undertaking. ...more

May 6, 2008

Gadzooks, at the rate things are going you have to wonder if Clearwater geezerette Jean Merola will ultimately end up facing charges of offing Jimmy Hoffa, stealing those Swiss artworks and being the mastermind behind the Medellin Cartel. ...more

February 23, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - An elderly woman and her daughter are looking for answers after a fire destroyed their home last week. ...more

February 2, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - An elderly woman was assisted from her home by a neighbor when the woman's house off Waters Avenue, about a mile west of the Veterans Expressway, caught fire around 1 p.m. today. ...more

January 25, 2008

Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic. ...more

December 22, 2007

Candice Beaudin spends most of her time, day and night, caring for her mother, who lives in the house next door. Tending to the elderly woman's physical needs and household chores is a full-time job, said Beaudin, a senior citizen who has multiple sclerosis. ...more

December 8, 2007