Citrus County sheriff's deputies are trying to piece together a puzzle involving a pajama-clad 8-year-old boy who was found running along a country road about a mile from his home in the middle of the night this week. They are looking for an unknown man who may have taken him. ...more

March 21, 2009

A 79-year-old man drowned in a pool at his daughter's house after a pool door alarm was switched off by a house guest, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

March 14, 2009

Before you head out the door to attend school, you better take another glance in the mirror at what you're wearing. Come to class wearing the district's banned clothing and you might find yourself sitting in detention. ...more

August 1, 2008

The chip on the shoulder is gone. The limo and the pajama suit are history. ...more

August 1, 2008

I never knew my Finnish grandfather, who immigrated to the upper Michigan peninsula in search of a better life. Like so many Finns at the time, he found work in a Michigan copper mine, but the work dried up. He died long before I was born. At least that was what my mother always told me. ...more

July 27, 2008

TAMPA - Relatives who reported a 63-year-old man missing about 10 p.m. Tuesday found him at the bottom of their pool, police said. ...more

June 24, 2008

School may be out for the summer, but for students like 15-year-old Brooksville resident Kiana Montero-Stube, it's far from over. ...more

June 17, 2008

Residents cleaned up Saturday after a tornado plowed a trail of destruction through the east side of Indianapolis, but they gave thanks that nobody was killed and that the only injuries were minor. ...more

June 1, 2008

A 57-year-old St. Petersburg woman is accused of binding an 8-year-old boy's hands and legs with duct tape, and flogging him, an arrest report states. ...more

February 17, 2008

TAMPA - A 13-year-old girl released from the county Juvenile Assessment Center landed back inside after she tried to rob a Burger King at knifepoint over a cheeseburger, police said. ...more

January 14, 2008