The music that normally streams from one small home on West Bates Street is silent. The Garnelo brothers, all musicians who performed together, say it doesn't seem real that the youngest, Shamir, an aspiring disc jockey and rapper, was killed early Saturday morning. "The music was his dream, and now I can't believe he's not here," said Denny Garnelo. Shamir, 21, was killed at a teenage girl's birthday party in Holiday. ...more

November 2, 2009

An apparent gang-related fight at Central High School left a student badly beaten on Thursday. ...more

March 6, 2009

An attorney for a woman accused of killing her daughter has filed a motion seeking more information about his client's ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend posted a picture on MySpace that showed a man and woman with the title "win her over with chloroform." ...more

January 25, 2009

Two people were caught with marijuana in a Wal-Mart parking lot after a shopper flagged down a deputy and pointed them out. ...more

December 18, 2008

Police released photos Friday of a deja vu bank bandit: a bearded man they say has worn the same clothes while robbing three branches of the Fifth Third Bank since June. ...more

September 27, 2008

EUGENE, Ore. -- John Capel credits his 8-year-old daughter, Janya, with keeping him honest. After Capel, who served a two-year suspension from track for smoking marijuana, ran his opening-round 200-meter race Friday in the US Olympic Track and Field Trials, he said his daughter keeps on him about staying out of trouble. ...more

July 5, 2008

Moses McCray wore many hats this year. And that doesn't include the Florida/Florida State hat trick he pulled on National Signing Day. ...more

May 20, 2008

The Gulf Middle School Web site was shut down Friday after a link to a gay-pornography Internet site was discovered, school officials reported. ...more

January 26, 2008

A month ago, a family was celebrating the holidays, enjoying the accoutrements of a successful life in one of this community's tonier subdivisions. ...more

January 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The Gulf Middle School Web site was shut down today after a link to a gay-pornography Internet site was discovered, school officials reported. ...more

January 25, 2008