A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. Deputies arrested Bruce Yates, 28, of an undisclosed Okeechobee address, charging him with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) without a prescription and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana. ...more

September 17, 2008

Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. ...more

September 4, 2008

When Rosa Maria Bradley drove from her Brandon home to Temple Terrace on Thursday night to sell 50 oxycodone pills, she took her 4-year-old son, according to the Temple Terrace Police Department. ...more

August 29, 2008

BRADENTON - A man who is a suspect in an Aug. 18 robbery was arrested Wednesday on several unrelated felony charges as deputies tried to execute a search warrant. ...more

August 28, 2008

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Sebring woman who sheriff's investigators say worked as a cleaning lady remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $22,500 bond Wednesday after a 71-year-old client reported someone took his cash, a watch and racked up charges on a stolen credit card. ...more

July 24, 2008

A Sebring woman who sheriff's investigators say worked as a cleaning lady remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $22,500 bond Wednesday after a 71-year-old client reported someone took his cash, a watch and racked up charges on a stolen credit card. ...more

July 23, 2008

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday. ...more

July 17, 2008

TAMPA - While searching a Riverview home Tuesday afternoon, Hillsborough County deputies found a 4-foot marijuana plant under a grow light and marijuana clippings in an entertainment center, deputies say. ...more

July 16, 2008