Halloween is just days away and ghosts and goblins will be hitting the streets. ...more

October 27, 2009

Through the decades, several Halloween myths have surfaced about the dangers of trick-or-treating. Among them: Evil people hide razors in apples while others taint candy. ...more

October 25, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives are searching for a man who reportedly exposed and fondled himself in front of a 9-year-old girl who was walking to school. The incident happened March 11as the fourth grader walked to Fox Hollow Elementary, the sheriff's office reported today. The man, who is believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was riding a bicycle. He is described as white and bald, with a line of whiskers going from his sideburns along the jaw to his chin. He was wearing a brown, long-sleeved shirt and baggy blue jeans. The bike is described as a blue, mountain-style bicycle. ...more

April 7, 2009

TAMPA A bill proposed by Armwood High students passed 7-0 today through its first state House committee stop. ...more

March 27, 2009

Citrus County sheriff's deputies are trying to piece together a puzzle involving a pajama-clad 8-year-old boy who was found running along a country road about a mile from his home in the middle of the night this week. They are looking for an unknown man who may have taken him. ...more

March 21, 2009

A convicted sex offender remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say he moved from his last known Avon Park address without notifying authorities. ...more

March 5, 2009

Residents in one southwest Florida county will get a phone call when a sex offender moves into the neighborhood. ...more

February 1, 2009

About 1 p.m. Friday, Suzanne Campbell pulled up in her driveway. She put the milk in the garage refrigerator. Her great-granddaughter loves to get the mail. The mailbox was about 40 yards away. ...more

September 19, 2008

TAMPA - June Leland and Kathy Walsh want to know why their 16-year-old daughters are assigned to a bus stop more than two miles from their Davis Islands homes that includes crossing busy streets plus a bridge before daybreak. ...more

September 9, 2008

When Byron Simmons showed up at a little league game in February to watch his 10-year-old son play, he volunteered to act as an umpire when one failed to show. What the staff didn't know was that Simmons was a convicted sexual offender. ...more

May 30, 2008