A Lake Placid woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly battering two women, one of whom was pregnant. ...more

October 24, 2009

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

Nick Barnett was devastated when he heard about the traffic deaths of two close friends this month. He left work to spend a few hours with their families. Then he went to the tattoo parlor. Barnett, an 18-year-old Bloomingdale High graduate, became part of a growing number of young people who are memorializing lost friends and family in permanent body ink. Teens and young adults mostly are the ones doing this, tattoo artists say. ...more

August 28, 2008

Citrus County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting a teen Wednesday afternoon near Copeland Park in Crystal River. ...more

August 27, 2008

TAMPA Police are investigating this afternoon the reported stabbing of a cab driver in South Tampa. The cab driver told police he was attacked at West Idaho Street and South Faul Street about 5:30 p.m. He then drove a quarter mile to a fire station at West Ingraham Street, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. ...more

June 5, 2008

Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths. ...more

June 5, 2008

SARASOTA - The man wanted on charges he broke in to his girlfriend's home and fatally stabbed her Monday night had been arrested twice before on charges of breaking in to her home. ...more

February 5, 2008

A 37-year-old man was shot dead by a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy Sunday after he ignored an order to stop pointing his handgun at the deputy, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Monday. ...more

November 13, 2007

A 37-year-old man was shot dead by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy after he ignored an order to stop pointing his handgun at the deputy, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said today. Three deputies responded to a domestic violence call at 10:55 p.m. Sunday at the Preserve at Deer Park apartments, 15420 Livingston Ave., Lutz. ...more

November 12, 2007