One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. Mercades Nichols, 18, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. ...more

January 27, 2009

The man charged with shooting Samuel Tiller during a November 2007 burglary of the victim's home pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder. ...more

January 24, 2009

Janet Crouse didn't leave the courtroom until a heavy metal door slammed behind her nephew Ryan Young. ...more

January 24, 2009

A Pasco County jury this afternoon found Ryan Young guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of his mother. ...more

January 23, 2009

Ryan Young told a judge Thursday that he did not wish to take the stand in his own defense. ...more

January 23, 2009

The months leading up to Donna Young's death hadn't been great for her only son. ...more

January 21, 2009

The first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother will begin Wednesday in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

January 21, 2009

The first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother will begin Wednesday morning in Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

January 20, 2009

A British national who started out trying to sell a radioactive isotope from Russia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge. ...more

January 20, 2009

More Getting Free Lunch The percentage of Pasco County students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals is on the rise and expected to top 50 percent by the end of February. ...more

January 18, 2009