A Jacksonville baby sitter faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 2-year-old child by beating her with a flyswatter. ...more

September 4, 2009

Eleven high school juniors were recently selected as "Young Women of Promise" by the Athena Society. ...more

June 17, 2009

Eleven high school juniors were recently selected as the "Young Women of Promise," by the Athena Society. ...more

June 17, 2009

Eleven high school juniors from Hillsborough County were selected as Young Women of Promise by The Athena Society, an organization of Tampa Bay professional women committed to promoting equality and opportunity for women. ...more

June 10, 2009

Mallory Horne, 84, the only person to serve as Florida's Senate president and House speaker since Reconstruction who later become the target of a federal money-laundering probe, died Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. ...more

May 1, 2009

Judge delays trial for 2 weeks in Jaguars shooting ...more

March 27, 2009

Scores ...more

February 20, 2009

A woman was sentenced Tuesday to time served for her role in the confinement of her son, then 9, who authorities say was kept locked in his bedroom for almost three years and monitored by a video camera. ...more

December 30, 2008

A man wanted by police in a Haines City rape case turned himself in Tuesday and was released today on bail. Hazell Stoudemire Jr., a registered sex offender, turned himself in at the Polk County Jail, Capt. Mervin Stewart said. He was charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and aggravated assault, all felonies, and battery, a misdemeanor. ...more

October 9, 2008

A woman was sexually battered in her home, kidnapped and assaulted a second time before her attacker fled, according to the Haines City Police Department. ...more

October 4, 2008