"It's been a long day, but a day that has come to an end. It ended in the arrest of one of our police officers today." That was the opening statement from Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney at a press conference Wednesday night, where he announced that Officer Adam Wayne Willis, 30, was taken into custody following a lengthy investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for misconduct. ...more

November 20, 2008

Narcotics detectives went through a house Wednesday evening and confiscated 13 marijuana plants and three guns after the resident let them in without a search warrant, according to the Clearwater Police Department. ...more

November 20, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has identified the two divers whose bodies were found Wednesday night in underwater caves in Pasco County. ...more

November 13, 2008

In this Twittering, podcasting, digital age, the morning after America's presidential election found thousands of people clamoring for something more old-fashioned and tangible: extra copies of the morning paper. ...more

November 6, 2008

A local man remained in the Highlands County Jail Friday on an $8,500 bond after being arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly fleeing the scene following a traffic stop. ...more

October 31, 2008

The subject line of the e-mail leaves no doubt this is a different sort of press release from the county elections office: "ANNIE D. WILLIAMS, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TELLS ALL." ...more

October 17, 2008

It was time for candidates to break out the green feathers in their caps. ...more

October 17, 2008

Webber International University in Polk County has put the naming rights to its newest 2-acre structure up for bid on eBay. Those who wish to contribute to the small business school in Babson Park need not be affluent, university President Keith Wade said. ...more

October 1, 2008

A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

An unsettling sense of the past repeating itself pervaded this city Wednesday as Gustav crept this way through the Caribbean, two days before Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary. ...more

August 28, 2008