Police think 4-year-old Zineah Taylor Johnson was beaten with several objects covered with duct tape -- including an electrical cord, a spatula and possibly a coat hanger — before her grandfather and her grandfather's girlfriend took her lifeless body to Northside Hospital in August. ...more

December 3, 2008

Dan Andrews was suspended Wednesday from the Sebring City Council. Gov. Charlie Crist filed executive order 08-244 at 1:56 p.m., removing Andrews from the public position. ...more

November 27, 2008

A former inmate at the county jail is suing the facility three years after he was allegedly injured in a "heinous melee" over microwave use. ...more

November 26, 2008

St. Petersburg's Chief Assistant City Attorney Mark Winn is scheduled to appear in court next month on his second DUI charge within two years, records show. ...more

November 22, 2008

The call was short, but the message was urgent. "Help me," the woman said. ...more

November 21, 2008

A Pinellas County civil trial has begun in the case of a crane-business owner from Illinois who says Clearwater-based Global Funding LLC promised a heavy equipment lease two years ago and took thousands of dollars as a deposit. ...more

November 17, 2008

Mediation between the Hernando County Housing Authority and a man who says his Section 8 housing voucher was illegally revoked has reached an impasse. ...more

November 3, 2008

It's hard to find ancestors who, in the eyes of the law, were property rather than persons. Descendants of American slaves must be tenacious to overcome the many obstacles imposed by their families' years in bondage. ...more

October 26, 2008

Local Gymboree Play & Music centers abruptly closed their doors today, a day after the bankruptcy of the local franchise owner was changed to a liquidation. ...more

October 24, 2008

Apartments rented to sex offenders that were at the center of a city zoning debate last year could be headed for foreclosure, court records show. ...more

October 15, 2008