A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

SARASOTA - Police found a 2-year-old boy wandering alone this morning along U.S. 41 and are investigating how the child escaped from his home. ...more

September 11, 2008

Erika Williams turned 20 on Monday and wanted to get a new tattoo to celebrate. So she called a close friend to take her out. ...more

September 3, 2008

Plant City police contributed in a multi-agency investigation that last week broke up a drug ring that stretched as far as Texas and Mexico and led to multiple arrests, including several in the Plant City area. ...more

July 30, 2008

Sylvia Knox and Lisa Galloway, chairwoman and vice chairwoman of the 12th annual Diamonds and Denim Gala, are busy with the committee planning the South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation event. ...more

July 16, 2008

Police say a registered sex offender from Georgia said he killed a 13-year-old girl whose body was discovered by a maid in a hotel room. ...more

July 12, 2008

A 55-year-old woman who was brutally attacked by an intruder at her home at Whitehurst Mobile Home Park was recovering last week at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City police said. ...more

July 9, 2008

A 55-year-old woman who was brutally attacked by an intruder at her home at Whitehurst Mobile Home Park was recovering at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City police said. ...more

July 2, 2008

On the run from angry residents firing guns, a man suspected of several break-ins, including one at a deputy's home, broke into three homes Tuesday before a father shot him in the foot. ...more

July 2, 2008

A Plant City man suspected of burglarizing a double-wide mobile home west of Plant City was later shot in the foot by a different homeowner and has been arrested. ...more

July 1, 2008