One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

"I cried, when I got off the phone; I don't think I've ever sobbed like I did at that moment." It has been less than a week since 36-year-old Heather Ashby received the tragic news that her partner of 11 years was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. ...more

March 4, 2009

The mournful sounds of bagpipes and drums will fill the air at Zephyr Park this weekend as the ninth annual Zephyrhills Celtic Festival and Highland Games get under way. ...more

March 4, 2009

The first time Terry Durham preached, he was not in front of a group of people or even inside a church. He was in the bathroom of his grandmother's home in Fort Lauderdale, delivering his first sermon surrounded by toothbrushes, soap and towels. He was 6 years old. ...more

March 1, 2009

A 53-year-old man fatally shot his wife and two daughters Wednesday before turning the gun on himself, and a 16-year-old son who survived the attack managed to call 911 as he escaped uninjured from the Miami home, authorities said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Law and Order briefs. ...more

February 25, 2009

St. Petersburg police were investigating Wednesday night how a 6-month-old baby received second-degree burns over 18 percent of her body. ...more

February 18, 2009

Joshua Moll gave Tampa police déjà vu early this morning, a preliminary report states. Officers gave him a ride to jail and a charge of driving under the influence. ...more

February 17, 2009

Polk County deputies have charged the mother of one of the girls involved in the beating of a teenage girl recorded for YouTube with domestic battery in an unrelated incident. ...more

February 15, 2009

A well-spoken and assertive Diana O'Neill spent nearly four hours arguing her innocence Friday before a jury found her not guilty of four child abuse charges. ...more

February 14, 2009