A Winter Haven father was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison in the death of his 10-week-old son, who suffocated last year when the man tried to stop him from crying by stuffing his mouth with a washcloth. ...more

April 19, 2008

PINELLAS PARK - Traffic was snarled at 49th Street and 118th Avenue North after a garbage truck overturned there about 8:15 a.m. today, police said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Paul Kallenbach was so angry after a fatal gunfight at the Kwik Stop that after firing a number of rounds outside the convenience store, he took one last shot at a motorist, police said. ...more

February 7, 2008

Born to parents who valued education, 13-year-old Brandon Nunez strived to always make the honor roll at his middle school, his great-grandmother Betty Chapman said. ...more

February 5, 2008

PLANT CITY - A teenager was arrested Sunday morning and charged with stabbing his parents at the family's home on Creek Way Court. ...more

February 4, 2008

A motorist called 911 Thursday after hearing a woman screaming from the backseat of a car on U.S. 41, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Lee that night. ...more

January 23, 2008

The forecast of lightning, heavy rain, hail and a tornado watch brought the Children's Gasparilla Parade to an abrupt halt late Saturday afternoon. At most, 25 of 150 floats and marching groups moved down the Bayshore Boulevard route before the parade was canceled. ...more

January 20, 2008

NORTH PORT - Investigators have moved the search for a missing mother of two who was kidnapped from her North Port home Thursday to Manatee County. ...more

January 18, 2008

About 18 months ago, about 10 homeless men sought refuge on the front steps of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the heart of downtown. ...more

December 3, 2007

You've Not Been Robbed By A Stapler-Wielding Man ASHLAND, Ky. - A man wearing a ski mask used a stapler to hold up an eastern Kentucky ice cream store - and briefly got away with $175, authorities said. ...more

November 22, 2007