LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid man remained in jail Wednesday on a $12,000 bond after his arrest for allegedly stealing his mother's debit card and withdrawing more than $1,000. ...more

March 13, 2009

A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009

A young male otter scampered across the floor of its cage Wednesday afternoon at The Florida Aquarium, squeaking at visitors. The approximately 3-month-old pup was found orphaned in Brandon on Tuesday and was taken to an emergency animal clinic, but the clinic had never cared for an otter before, so its staff called the aquarium. ...more

March 5, 2009

Riverview's Chloe Brook Brown, 10, is on her way to the "iPOP" convention in Las Vegas after she was selected at a Feb. 14 audition in Tampa. ...more

March 4, 2009

Pinellas County deputies arrested a man they say was caught in a sting Wednesday when he traveled from Oklahoma to Florida to meet two underage girls for sex. ...more

February 19, 2009

My son's comment during a recent telephone conversation brought me up short. Both years (he's 43, I'm 67) and miles (he lives in Atlanta, I'm in Florida) separate us, yet we came together in a special moment I will always remember. ...more

February 11, 2009

And I thought taking my 90-year-old mother's car keys away was hard! Now my brothers and I are facing the heartbreaking task of getting mom out of her home and into an assisted living facility (ALF). I hope my readers will bear with me as I relate some of the sadness in my life right now. Just as I was getting somewhat settled after the shock of my husband's death, the "busy-ness" of settling his estate, and the effort of putting my own life in order, I got a call saying my mother is in the hospital with a series of mini-strokes. ...more

February 11, 2009

GAINESVILLE – Florida coach Urban Meyer gushed. ...more

February 4, 2009

Dear Abby: Last year, my elderly father fell, suffering a head injury that caused his death. Dad had a chronic illness that kept him housebound during the last year of his life. ...more

February 1, 2009

Bruce Springsteen, you have no idea what you did to Melanie Campbell about 25 years ago. ...more

February 1, 2009