Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury convicted the 56-year-old Lacoochee man Thursday of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. ...more

November 6, 2009

Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury today convicted the 56-year Lacoochee man of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa will sentence Coleman on Dec. 3. ...more

November 5, 2009

Sylvia Grant and her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, stood on the porch of Grant's Stewart Road home on May 1, 2006. ...more

November 4, 2009

Sylvia Grant and her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, stood on the porch of Grant's Stewart Road home on May 1, 2006. ...more

November 3, 2009

A 44-year-old man got a painful and potentially deadly chemistry lesson Thursday when he mixed bleach and a household cleaner that contained ammonia. ...more

July 31, 2009

Two adults and two children were hospitalized Saturday night after a minivan and an orange transporter truck collided in front of the Golden Corral restaurant on U.S. 27 in Lake Placid, according to Emergency Medical Services. ...more

February 17, 2009

Fire crews are on the scene of a mobile home fire in Clearwater. Thomas Karns, a 42-year-old man who was having trouble breathing, has been taken to Morton Plant Hospital. ...more

December 11, 2008

Roy Parke, probably the most recognized face among Florida strawberry growers and unofficially the "Strawberry King," died this morning. ...more

June 5, 2008

PLANT CITY Roy Parke, a longtime grower and the unofficial "Strawberry King," died this morning. He was 86. ...more

June 5, 2008

SEBRING — Police released the names Tuesday of a Jahna Concrete employee who died Monday afternoon and a coworker who was shocked trying to save him when a cement pumping boom struck some power lines. ...more

January 15, 2008