In a case being called Twittergate, a Republican Party county chairman wants to know whether state party leaders knew about a fake Twitter account set up to defame him. ...more

November 4, 2009

A jury needed only an hour of deliberation to acquit a Hudson man of aggravated battery Monday night. ...more

October 28, 2009

A jury needed only an hour of deliberation to acquit a Hudson man of aggravated battery Monday night. ...more

October 27, 2009

It started as a game of wizards, with three 10-year-old boys casting make-believe spells on a chicken in a coop. ...more

September 22, 2009

A 20-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night after she used her white Chevy Impala to run over her pregnant cousin's right foot and bump her stomach. ...more

July 26, 2009

Sheriff's officials are investigating how an inmate at a central Florida jail obtained a loaded handgun in an attempted escape. A sheriff's spokeswoman says Osceola County Jail inmate Angel Santiago pulled out a gun and threatened to kill an officer escorting him back to his cell Monday evening. ...more

June 24, 2009

Two sisters remained in jail Wednesday following their arrest on warrants alleging they battered a pregnant woman. ...more

May 15, 2009

A man is accused of trying to stab his father in the stomach with a knife after the father confronted him about his drinking, an affidavit states. ...more

April 25, 2009

A woman smashed a patrol car window with her head and kicked a deputy in the crotch to avoid being arrested Monday evening, the Manatee Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 14, 2009

Not only did Carlos Pena soldier through a torn muscle in 2008, he played his best baseball after the injury, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

March 24, 2009