Tara Ramsdell waited five years for the trial of Phillup Alan Partin, the man investigators say killed her daughter. ...more

October 10, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY – A judge granted a mistrial today in the case of Phillup Alan Partin because of the last-minute discovery of an FDLE report last week. Partin, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2002 death of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. He faces the death penalty if found guilty as charged. Ashbrook's body was found in the woods off Shady Hills Road on Aug. 1, 2002. ...more

October 9, 2007

The murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin stands on the precipice of mistrial after his attorneys learned for the first time Friday that DNA tests were conducted on a controversial blood stain. ...more

October 6, 2007

It's a done deal. Tuesday night, the city council gave final approval to Morton Plant North Bay Hospital to break ground on a $49 million expansion of its 120-bed Madison Street campus. ...more

October 4, 2007

Attorneys weeded through more than 50 potential jurors Monday before settling on 12 jurors and one alternate to weigh the evidence in Phillup Alan Partin's murder trial. ...more

October 2, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Attorneys in the first-degree murder trial of Phillup Partin have begun questioning the first panel of 40 prospective jurors. ...more

October 1, 2007

Nick Bollea last week pleaded no contest to charges he was speeding in Pinellas Park on Aug. 10, a move that brings restrictions on his driver's license, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. ...more

September 25, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Nick Bollea last week pleaded no contest to charges he was speeding in Pinellas Park on Aug. 10, a move that brings restrictions on his driver's license, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. ...more

September 24, 2007

A real estate investor accused of encumbering more than 200 titles in Florida in order to keep the properties from selling is banned from using such practices to make deals in the Sunshine State, Leon County Circuit Judge William L. Gary ruled Thursday. ...more

September 21, 2007

The city council has signed off on preliminary site plans from one of the city's largest employers for a $39 million expansion project. ...more

September 20, 2007