Japan's oldest person has died at a hospital in southwestern Japan, her nursing home said Saturday. She was 113. ...more

February 24, 2008

SEBRING — Details into the Avon Park attempted murder investigation for suspect Paul Dion Hamilton were released Monday by authorities. According to a probable cause narrative provided by the Avon Park Police Department, Hamilton reportedly attacked a female victim and mother of his child, age 27, on Feb. 10, with a machete after a verbal argument. ...more

February 19, 2008

Two girls were injured, one seriously after falling off an ATV late Saturday evening, according to an official with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 12, 2008

It was the first dance of a marriage that was not to be. Kim Sjostrom and Teddy Efkarpides had been married for less than an hour Jan. 19 when the bride crumpled in her husband's arms during a rendition of a Greek song that means simply, "Love Me." At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease. ...more

February 10, 2008

The 2-year-old child of a drunken Oldsmar couple was inside their running car, hysterically crying and trying to wake them, when a Largo Mall security guard spotted the family in the mall's parking lot Saturday night, Largo police said. ...more

November 26, 2007

The 2-year-old child of a drunken Oldsmar couple was inside their running car, hysterically crying and trying to wake them, when a Largo Mall security guard spotted the family in the mall's parking lot Saturday night, Largo police said. ...more

November 25, 2007

They say it takes two to tango. And that was the case, even after Lara Padgett let go of a 12-foot Hannah Montana statue in the seven-day contest held by the "MJ Morning Show" on WFLZ, 93.3 FM. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - Jody Powell was literally the last man standing and is proud owner of four tickets to Monday's Hannah Montana concert. ...more

November 14, 2007

OKEECHOBEE — A non-district volleyball match became a secondary concern Thursday night as the Sebring volleyball team suffered a scare when two players collided head-to-head and were rushed to a nearby hospital. Senior setter Ashley Waldon and freshman middle blocker Anna West were both released from the hospital early Friday morning and spent the day away from school and resting at home. ...more

October 6, 2007