A Sebring woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $7,000 bond Monday after sheriff's investigators say she intentionally bit a 1-year-old boy on the face to discipline the baby for head-butting and biting. ...more

July 15, 2008

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June 21, 2008

Detectives found blood on the library driveway, blood on a sidewalk near a set of benches, blood on a signpost outside the entrance and blood on the west wall of the building. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives found blood on a library driveway, blood on a sidewalk near a set of benches, blood on a sign post near the entrance and blood on the west wall of the library building. Ultimately, on the evening of April 24, they found blood on the ground near the spot where the family of an 18-year-old senior at East Bay High School found her unconscious and gasping. She had been raped. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - A teenage rape victim, attacked at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library in April, suffered a fracture to her forehead, a small fracture near the tip of her nose and suffered multiple strokes because she had been strangled, according to new court documents released today. ...more

June 6, 2008

Manatee County deputies are looking for the driver of a blue truck who they said assaulted two senior citizens in Palmetto on Saturday. ...more

May 25, 2008

Why is it that when I'm sick I revert to being a child again? When I don't feel well, all I want is for my mama to come and bring me chicken soup and lay her cool hand on my forehead and tell me it's going to be all right. It doesn't matter that I'm a mother myself now and my mother is 80 years old. When I'm sick, in body or in spirit, no one can make it better like she can. I wonder. Do my children feel that way about me? They're adults now. They have lives of their own and "significant others" to comfort and cheer them. Maybe they really don't need me now. ...more

May 24, 2008

The look of Pasco coach Poncho Broner, red towel over his shoulder, his arms flailing, his brow wincing, showed just how tough it can be to complete a 10-point fourth-quarter comeback on the road. ...more

February 20, 2008

The first thing Sam Spadavecchia sees after slamming into the back of the cargo truck is the man at his window. ...more

February 17, 2008

The first thing Sam Spadavecchia sees after slamming into the back of the cargo truck is the man at his window. The front of Spadavecchia's pickup is jammed underneath the truck's rear end. The steering wheel presses so hard against his chest that he can hardly breathe. The crumpled dashboard smashes down on his right leg, nearly crushing his foot under the brake pedal. "Get me out," he begs. ...more

February 16, 2008