A Bradenton man awaiting trial on rape and molestation charges was arrested in Indiana this week on a warrant from Manatee County charging him with 49 counts of child pornography. Derrick Faircloth, 39, was arrested in July by Manatee County sheriff's deputies and charged with sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, introduction of obscene materials to a minor and delivering a controlled substance to a minor. ...more

November 6, 2009

The city's new Public Works Director, Robert "Rob" Miller, 38, said he likes the small-town atmosphere he's found here since he moved to Sebring with his family from Virginia. ...more

January 5, 2009

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

Sure Florida had a tough 2007. The housing market hit the skids. Insurance premiums rose out of sight. And the run-up in property taxes continued to sock new homebuyers. ...more

January 3, 2008

Dale Baird, the winningest thoroughbred trainer with more than 9,400 victories, died in a crash along an icy highway when he lost control of his pickup truck while hauling a livestock trailer. He was 72. ...more

December 26, 2007

A blinding snowstorm blew across the Plains on Saturday, causing at least two deaths and dozens of injuries in numerous multi-car pileups and forcing authorities to close portions of several major highways. ...more

December 23, 2007