A former student dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said. ...more

February 15, 2008

Have you ever experienced one of those days when it just seems like nothing can go right and a black cloud appears to be following you around? ...more

February 11, 2008

The season of Lent began Wednesday, and many Christians, especially Catholics, are observing 40 days of sacrifice before Easter. Lent represents a time when Jesus Christ is said to have fasted in the desert for 40 days. ...more

February 7, 2008

the 40 days leading up to the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. ...more

February 7, 2008

SEBRING — Sheriff's deputies captured a man Friday in the Francis II Mobile Home park who was a suspect in an aggravated battery and attempted burglary the same morning on Ferdinand Street in Sebring. ...more

January 18, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, charged in connection with allegedly slashing his roommate with a sword and a knife and not letting him leave. Ian Preston Dressel, 28, of 2808 DeSoto Road, was charged with aggravated battery by a person using a deadly weapon and kidnapping to commit or to facilitate the commission of a felony. At 8:16 p.m., on Sunday, Jan. 13, sheriff's deputy Robinn Singles reported he met with the mother of the victim, who told him her son, 33, was slashed with a knife and named Dressel as the suspect. ...more

January 15, 2008

A trailer park fight that sent two to jail is the likely winner of 2008's first arrest. ...more

January 4, 2008

A trailer park fight that sent two to jail is the likely winner of 2008's first arrest. ...more

January 3, 2008

A Tampa police officer and a teenage member of the police Explorer program were attacked while investigating a possible burglary Monday night. Both were hit over the head with a police baton during a struggle outside a vacant house at 312 Floribraska Ave., according to police reports. ...more

December 26, 2007

The loud boom interrupted Dustin Hall's Christmas. He had just finished eating dinner and was resting on the sofa when he heard the sound. ...more

December 25, 2007