The co-owner of Ridge Realty will be arraigned Jan. 25 on a charge of kidnapping/false imprisonment. ...more

January 5, 2010

I started with Highlands Today in October of 2008, but even before that first day, I'd already heard about the tragic death of Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile. ...more

January 2, 2010

Last week's first-degree murder trial of avowed neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. ended in a mistrial. All but two of the jurors were convinced Ditullio was innocent. During a hearing Monday, Ditullio was ordered to undergo a retrial in March of next year. Some have suggested the outcome of the trial might have been different if Circuit Judge Michael Andrews had not allowed the defense to have tattoos on Ditullio's face, including a Nazi swastika, covered by makeup. If Judge Andrews erred, he erred on the side of caution. ...more

December 16, 2009

A Highlands County jury was picked Monday and testimony is scheduled to begin Thursday in the case of an Avon Park man accused of shooting another in the chest last December. ...more

December 16, 2009

A murder trial rife with controversy and surprise produced another twist Friday night: ...more

December 12, 2009

The man accused of killing a 3-month-old boy and tossing him out of a car had to be removed from court Friday after an outburst during a routine hearing. ...more

December 12, 2009

An eleventh-hour defense witness in the murder trial of John Ditullio Jr. testified Friday that another neo-Nazi told her he was responsible for the stabbings of two people. ...more

December 12, 2009

The man accused of killing a 3-month-old boy and tossing him out of a car had to be removed from court today after an outburst during a routine hearing. ...more

December 11, 2009

The blow that killed 22-month-old Chavon Robinson was so severe that the swelling of his brain cut off all bodily functions, authorities said. ...more

December 9, 2009

About 100 jurors headed into a Tallahassee courtroom Monday, but by the close of day only 34 of them had made the first cut in the high-profile murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24. ...more

December 1, 2009