Patricia Austin hopes the arrest of two Avon Park police officers in 2008 on charges of police misconduct will "open the door" for Hispanic residents to come forward if they are the victim of any type of crime. ...more

February 19, 2009

PALATKA, Fla. - Investigators searching for a missing 5-year-old northeast Florida girl say they are looking into tips that the 17-year-old girlfriend of the child's father may not have been home when Haleigh Cummings vanished. ...more

February 18, 2009

In this day of constantly changing technology, government officials must be even more vigilant about properly communicating county business - even when it comes to their home computers. ...more

February 18, 2009

The University of South Florida associate vice president who was caught on videotape taking a student's bicycle last week says he will resign his post. ...more

February 18, 2009

An Avon Park man pleaded no contest Monday to 16 counts of possessing photographs of child pornography. ...more

February 17, 2009

The only named suspect in the Boyett's Grove shooting of 2007 is back in town. ...more

February 13, 2009

Investigators said today they are expanding their search and re-interviewing family members as they continue to look for a 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Lithia man who claims he was unjustly arrested for drunk driving in 2006 has sued the deputy who charged him, Sheriff David Gee and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 12, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 11, 2009