A woman who stabbed her boyfriend during a violent confrontation last month acted in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said. ...more

May 21, 2008

VENICE — One Venice police officer has resigned and another has been exonerated after an off-duty altercation at the Sarasota Ale House in January. ...more

February 22, 2008

One Venice police officer has resigned and another has been cleared for their roles in an off-duty altercation at the Sarasota Ale House near Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads in January. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA -- A Tampa man is being held without bail after police said he punched a 14-year-old girl in the mouth, records show. ...more

February 19, 2008

In placing Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch on probation for six races Tuesday, NASCAR officials cited favorite rule 12-4-A, which covers "actions detrimental to stock car racing." ...more

February 13, 2008

John Brady was fired as LSU's basketball coach Friday with his team struggling at 8-13, a dismissal that left him and his wife in tears at a farewell news conference. ...more

February 9, 2008

For most of Friday night's Class 6A-Region 2 girls soccer final, Melbourne and Mitchell kicked, ran, pushed and pulled in a colossal effort to score. ...more

February 2, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. ...more

January 20, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it!" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. The 75-year-old grandmother of eight was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused a police officer's orders to move her car while she waited for the coffee and fries she ordered at the drive-through window. "Isn't that terrible?'' she said from her Clearwater home Saturday. "Oh my goodness, here I am, a poor little innocent woman waiting for my French fries.'' ...more

January 19, 2008

VENICE - Two off-duty Venice police officers were involved in an altercation at a Sarasota County bar over the weekend, and for the second time in a month the Venice Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into the conduct of its officers. ...more

January 16, 2008