With a major expansion nearing completion, Highlands County's Children's Advocacy Center will soon truly centralize its staff and most of its agency partners under one roof. ...more

November 19, 2009

The two-dimensional scenes invite viewers to put themselves there. A vacant wooden swing hangs from the arm of a massive oak. ...more

March 6, 2009

Law enforcement warns against using do-it-yourself blood-alcohol tests such as the Alcohol Breath Tester key ring. ...more

December 31, 2008

It's about 3 inches long, costs $14.99 and says it tests a person's alcohol level at the touch of a button. ...more

December 31, 2008

Four women, strangers to each other but united by the violence in their lives, were treated to facials, massages, manicures and new hairstyles during a day at the spa Monday. ...more

October 14, 2008

Four women, strangers to each other and united by the violence in their lives, moved easily this morning from one room at the spa to the next. ...more

October 13, 2008

CLEARWATER - Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats announced a proposal Thursday that would slash $25 million from his agency's 2008-09 budget. ...more

May 22, 2008

About 30 victim advocates stood in a tight-knit half-circle Sunday night, holding candles near the war memorial in Largo Central Park to pray and recommit to fighting domestic violence, a crime that claimed 11 lives in Pinellas County in 2007. One woman sang almost silently. Members of the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, and others touched by the violence, read off the names of the 11, noting that more than 20,000 calls came in to the county's domestic violence hot line last year. "This is about improving the community's response and to increase victim safety," task force chairwoman Wendy Lomas said before the 30-minute vigil. She said the calls to the hot line represent only about half of the actual domestic violence incidents that occurred here last year. ...more

January 28, 2008