MIAMI (AP) -- The grandmother of a missing 2-year-old told an emergency dispatcher that a car driven by the girl's mother smelled like there had been a dead body inside, according to recordings of 911 calls released Thursday. ...more

July 24, 2008

(AP) The grandmother of a 2-year-old central Florida girl missing since early June said Monday that the mother, who was jailed after police said she didn't report the disappearance for more than a month, knows who has the toddler. ...more

July 22, 2008

The grandmother of a 2-year-old Central Florida girl missing since early June said Monday that the mother, whom police say was jailed for not reporting the disappearance for more than a month, knows who has the toddler. ...more

July 21, 2008

Juanita Folsom doesn't plan to retire; she's too busy. The 72-year-old Sebring woman is selling J & J Cuts and is going to start another business. That occupies her days, but Folsom's full-time job is doing the Lord's work. ...more

July 21, 2008

An intruder paused to help his victim's grandmother with an oxygen tank during a home invasion Monday night in Bradenton, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 15, 2008

As former Tarpon Springs City Manager Ellen Posivach was being pressured to quit in April, she said her opponents wanted her gone because she didn't cater to the city's old guard. Posivach's critics said she was out of town too much and didn't get along well with people. ...more

June 28, 2008

Is there fate in fondue? It's a question rattling through my head after a visit back home last weekend. ...more

June 26, 2008

LAKELAND - One of the girls charged in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay told an assistant state attorney that she did not realize the scope of the incident until she was released from a juvenile detention center and watched the local news at home. ...more

June 25, 2008

Regarding "Details Emerge On Library Attack, Victim" (front page, June 7): I read with sadness the front-page article about the suspect in the Bloomingdale Library rape case. I also read the heartbreaking Steve Otto column about the innocent victim. She had the world by the tail until a monster came along and brutally snatched it all away in a few horrifying moments. As a mother and a grandmother of six girls I can only imagine the pain of this family. Our quiet, friendly community will never be the same. ...more

June 11, 2008

A 5-year-old girl remained hospitalized Monday after a crash in Lakeland on Sunday morning that injured her two sisters and her mother. ...more

June 10, 2008