The Hyde Park rapist is free and living in a Melbourne apartment. An outrage? You bet. ...more

January 31, 2008

As soon as they found gasoline on the bodies and a melted cigarette lighter nearby, investigators said they suspected that Priyakumari Master set herself and her two young children on fire last week in a storage room at the motel her family owns. ...more

January 22, 2008

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday afternoon that they have arrested three suspects on first-degree murder charges relating to the Nov. 24, 2007 death of Samuel Tiller. ...more

January 18, 2008

Robert Trease might not be on death row, were it not for one bullet investigators found in his girlfriend's pickup truck. ...more

January 6, 2008

Investigators hope a new full-color flyer will draw some answers from the public about the year-old murder of a Masaryktown couple. ...more

December 5, 2007

Kultar Goraya is nervous. His wife, Rupinder, disappeared two months ago. Police say he is the only "person of interest" and they can't get a single straight story out of him. ...more

December 3, 2007

WAUCHULA — Jury selection for the trial of former Zolfo Springs Police Chief David Scheid will begin on Feb. 11, 2008 at the Hardee County Courthouse. Scheid is facing charges of grand theft, tampering with a witness, fabricating physical evidence and petty theft. Scheid had a trial scheduled in October that was delayed because of medical issues with defense attorney Gil Colon Jr. ...more

November 22, 2007

TAMPA - When Hillsborough County deputies entered a missing couple's Tampa condominium, they found blood on a wall, a bullet on the floor, a live shotgun shell on a counter and animal feces throughout. ...more

November 6, 2007

LAKELAND - In his sermon today at Lakeland's prominent First Baptist Church at the Mall, Pastor Jay Dennis urged church members to trust God in the face of troubling storms. ...more

November 4, 2007

It was the moment Jay Dennis and the huge congregation he leads have dreaded for days. ...more

November 4, 2007