A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. ...more

August 13, 2008

You won't find Kathy Samuelsen lounging on the couch after punching out as she leaves her job as a sales administrator with a Sunoco oil distributor in Brandon. ...more

August 4, 2008

You won't find Kathy Samuelsen lounging on the couch after punching out as she leaves her job as a sales administrator with a Sunoco oil distributor in Brandon. ...more

August 3, 2008

Early this morning, police pulled over a 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup at Waters and Armenia avenues because, they say, it had a broken left brake light. When the driver consented to a search, police found a baggie of cocaine that was purchased by a father for his son, police say. ...more

July 29, 2008

The 61-year-old woman had just finished grocery shopping at Winn-Dixie on Saturday evening and was stopped at a red light near the store when someone opened her front passenger door, according to a sheriff's office report. ...more

July 8, 2008

SARASOTA — A deputy and his wife were suspended after they fought in public and lied about it during an internal inquiry, according to documents released by the sheriff's office. ...more

July 3, 2008

CLEARWATER - A woman was sentenced to 17 years in prison this afternoon in a drunken driving wreck that decapitated one of her teenage passengers. The other teenage passenger suffered a broken jaw. ...more

June 23, 2008

PLANT CITY - Friends and family of two youths run over by a pickup near the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds have identified the victims as 20-year-old Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, who died at the scene, and Sergio Calderon, who his friends said is 16 or 17 years old. ...more

June 17, 2008

Rally Size Didn't Matter Regarding "The Audacity Of Hype" (Our Opinion, May 21): ...more

May 28, 2008

Parts I, II, and III of this story were published April 20, 27 and May 4. They are also available on www.highlandstoday.com. Gemma knocked on my door at nine the next morning. I barely recognized her. Her hair was shiny clean and curled softly around her face. She wore only a little makeup and a modest black dress with a white lace collar. Lisa stood beside her in a pretty pink dress, white socks, and black patent leather Mary-Janes that looked brand new. Her hair was combed and pinned back with pink bows, revealing two small hearing aids. "We have to look our best," Gemma announced, "so the lawyer will know I'm a good mother. My ex wants to take Lisa and send her to live with his mother, the old cow, on some farm in Virginia." She squeezed Lisa's hand. "He's bloody well not gonna get her." All the way to the base, Gemma kept up a steady stream of chatter. "My ex will be there, ya know. We ain't seen him in three months." She winked at me. "That was the last time he came sniffin' around. O' course, like a fool, I let him in. Even slept with the bastard, and now I think I'm preggers again." ...more

May 11, 2008