A Pasco County Jail inmate committed suicide early this morning, deputies said. ...more

August 6, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AAA MAJORS BASEBALL Spring American carries a fine .315 batting average and a tightly meshed defense, but an extended stay in the Dixie World Series will hinge on its pitching. TAMBASCO, LAFERTY WILL CARRY THE LOAD ON THE HILL ...more

August 3, 2008

Authorities have made an arrest in the fatal beating of Sarasota High School student Gregory Kennedy. Kennedy was taken off life support Wednesday after suffering serious injuries during a brawl that broke out at a birthday party Monday. The melee involved students from his school and Riverview High School. ...more

August 1, 2008

Authorities say a Levy County man accidentally shot his wife while trying to hit a fox that had attacked her. ...more

July 26, 2008

MORRISTON - Authorities say a Levy County man accidentally shot his wife while trying to hit a fox that had attacked her. ...more

July 25, 2008

AVON PARK — A suspect in the 2001 stabbing murder of a Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Monday after he was extradited from Madison County. Juan Tirso Perez, now 26, also known as Juan Tirso Marin and Juan Tirso Marin-Perez, was booked in at 9 p.m. Friday on a charge of second-degree murder as a suspect in the stabbing death of Sergio Jose Morales, according to sheriff's central records. According to the arrest narrative, it was about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 19, 2001, when Morales was stabbed to death in his trailer home at 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid. ...more

June 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Pinellas sheriff's deputies said that when they went to the home of Adamantios Tsakos on Thursday evening, they found two victims. One was the 54-year-old man's 17-year-old daughter, who authorities said was beaten by Tsakos with a 2-foot-4-inch-long stick. ...more

May 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County sheriff's deputy noticed the Dodge Ram had one flat tire as it drove past him, and he flicked on his emergency lights Sunday just before 2 p.m. ...more

May 28, 2008

Jaimie Hendry was standing on a downtown corner, waiting to cross the street, when she caught a glimpse of the vehicle that would change the course of her trip. ...more

May 27, 2008

Jaimie Hendry was standing on the corner, waiting to cross the street, when she caught a glimpse of the vehicle that would change the course of her trip. ...more

May 25, 2008