Authorities were searching for the gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop. ...more

January 4, 2009

When Ernest Allen Jr. was killed outside his auto repair shop Monday, the Lakeland community lost more than a trusted businessman. Insiders in the city's jazz scene are mourning one of the area's most beloved musicians. ...more

December 31, 2008

Police are looking for the killer of a popular Lakeland resident whose body was found outside his auto body shop Monday night. ...more

December 31, 2008

Lakeland police are looking for the killer of a popular business owner whose body was found at his auto body shop late Monday night. ...more

December 30, 2008

Three young boys witnessed the shooting Monday of two clerks – one their father and the other their uncle – during a convenience-store robbery in Gulfport, police said. ...more

December 23, 2008

A Dundee man shot and killed his ex-wife at her home Saturday night, seriously wounded the man she was with, then turned the gun on himself, authorities said. ...more

December 22, 2008

Pinellas Park police are investigating a shooting near 81st Avenue and North 49th Street, an official said. ...more

December 18, 2008

On Dec. 5, Plant City was shut down by a massive manhunt for a heavily armed suspected killer. ...more

December 17, 2008

At about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, reports of shots being fired alerted Sebring police to an armed robbery at the L&M Food Store, located at 1411 Roseland Ave., in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more

December 11, 2008

Friday, Plant City was shut down by a massive manhunt for a suspected killer. Monday night, that collective experience and individual pain were recognized at Plant City Commission meeting. ...more

December 8, 2008