More than 1,200 people, including scores of teenagers from across the state, are in downtown Tampa for the 23rd National Conference on Preventing Crime in the Black Community. ...more

June 20, 2008

Getting into the Florida State Golf Association's amateur championship tournament is no easy feat. Pressure-packed events are held around the state with only a handful of qualifying spots available in each. ...more

June 14, 2008

The subject of guns and football players has been a hot one recently, highlighted by the arrest of Florida State star receiver Preston Parker on gun and drug charges last month in Palm Beach County. ...more

May 23, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Tight end Charlie Graham's quest to rejoin Florida State University's football team has a new wrinkle other than whether he can regain his academic eligibility. Graham has a June 17 court date in Leon County to face a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in the city. ...more

May 22, 2008

Preston Parker is getting a second chance at Florida State, but the Seminoles' 2007 offensive MVP is under more scrutiny than ever after he reached a plea agreement Monday in a Palm Beach County courtroom. ...more

May 20, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State receiver Preston Parker, the Seminoles' offensive MVP last season, will miss the first two games of next season and face additional penalties levied by the school's revamped athletic department. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — It happened in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties. But Joe Campbell made a different decision, so the intense media scrutiny wasn't focused on Highlands County after the 2000 presidential election. "Our presidential ballot was printed on one page," said Campbell, supervisor of elections in Highlands County. He held up a copy of the Palm Beach County ballot, signed by the election board officials there. ...more

May 19, 2008

Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn't been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two Democratic House members sponsoring the legislation. ...more

April 15, 2008

BRADENTON - Florida law prohibits local governments from using images from cameras mounted at intersections to issue traffic tickets, but some cities have found a loophole. More jurisdictions are considering mounting cameras and issuing civil infractions instead of traffic tickets, which can impact a person's driving record and insurance costs. ...more

February 24, 2008