The American Civil Liberties Union has sunk civil liberties advocacy to a new low in its argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on behalf of Republican Sen. Larry Craig. ...more

February 6, 2008

LARGO - A man and two women were arrested Tuesday evening on charges they illegally passed themselves off as licensed massage therapists and then performed the massages in the nude or offered their clients sex. ...more

January 23, 2008

Rap artist R. Kelly was scheduled to appear in court in Chicago today to face charges he videotaped sex acts with a minor girl in or before 2000. ...more

January 14, 2008

A Palm Harbor-area man is facing a second capital sexual battery charge after admitting to performing sex acts on a second young boy, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 9, 2008

TAMPA - The Jamaican detainee had been in a federal facility for three months when she was put in the custody of Immigration Enforcement Agent Wilfredo Vazquez. ...more

November 19, 2007

Though the weather outside was clear and cool, a tempest continued to tear at the First Baptist Church at the Mall. ...more

November 5, 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

LAKELAND - It was the moment Jay Dennis and the huge congregation he leads have dreaded for days. After two weeks of investigation, Lakeland police arrested a trusted church member and accused him of sex offenses involving three boys he mentored at the church. ...more

November 3, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - "Master Drew," the man authorities say entered into a five-year "sex slave" contract with a 19-year-old woman in July, is facing additional charges in the case. ...more

September 20, 2007