Highlands County deputies are still searching for the suspect in a Christmas night shooting. ...more

December 26, 2009

With just short of a decade of service at Palm Harbor Fire Rescue under his belt, Lt. Scott Sanford has been named Firefighter of the Year by Chief Jim Angle. ...more

December 26, 2009

The apartment complex manager told authorities there was no power to the unit and that the occupant had been using candles as a light source. ...more

December 23, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the state fire marshal's office are continuing to search for the person or persons who reportedly tried to burn down a Lake Placid church Monday night. ...more

December 23, 2009

A search in St. Petersburg for two armed suspects who threatened somebody at a Tampa nightclub is over, but the pair was not found, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 18, 2009

Authorities have identified the woman who jumped from the Sunshine Skyway this morning as 30-year-old April Walsh of Tampa. ...more

December 15, 2009

Tuesday's Washington Heights shooting is officially being worked as a homicide following the death of the 22-year-old victim. ...more

December 9, 2009

Authorities say two sets of stop sticks were needed to end a high-speed chase on U.S. 27 Thursday night that began after Highlands County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a man battering his elderly parents. ...more

December 5, 2009

All northbound lanes of Interstate 275 in Manatee County have reopened after an accident closed the approach to the Sunshine Skyway. The accident blocked northbound lanes, but traffic was moved onto the median until the wreckage was cleared just north of the southern rest area. ...more

November 23, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009