No criminal charges will be filed against two deputies who fatally shot a 25-year-old Spring Hill man last November. ...more

February 21, 2008

One Venice police officer has resigned and another has been cleared for their roles in an off-duty altercation at the Sarasota Ale House near Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads in January. ...more

February 21, 2008

Bob Minnix is the latest of former Florida State athletic director Dave Hart's senior staff to leave in the aftermath of an academic cheating scandal that has triggered an overhaul within the department. Minnix, FSU's senior associate athletic director for compliance for 13 years, will become a senior associate AD at Washington State. ...more

February 20, 2008

A 33-year-old patient is accused of raping another patient in the behavioral health wing of Community Hospital, according to a police report. ...more

February 19, 2008

On the same day Florida State announced the university was placing its athletic program on two years of probation as part of self-imposed sanctions relating to an academic cheating scandal, Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson shared the spotlight after the NCAA announced Sampson was in violation of five potential "major" NCAA violations. ...more

February 16, 2008

The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008

Multiple breakdowns in Charlotte County's emergency communications center let Denise Lee and the man accused of abducting and killing her slip through law enforcement's fingers, according to an internal investigation and data released by the sheriff's office Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

Two employees of Charlotte County's 911 call center are being punished after an internal investigation into the handling of a call concerning a North Port woman who was later found dead, Sheriff John Davenport announced today. ...more

February 15, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State will reduce scholarships in several sports and has placed its athletic program on two-year probation in the wake of an academic cheating scandal involving more than 50 athletes. ...more

February 14, 2008

As Sheriff of Hillsborough County, I want to assure Mr. Brian Sterner, as well as the citizens of Hillsborough County, that this incident will be investigated to the fullest. ...more

February 13, 2008