SEBRING — With 13 murder cases on his hands, Assistant State Attorney Steve Houchin is just running from one thing to another – his words. If it's not Joshua Altersberger, it's Leslie Lewis, Albert Stevens, Brandon Johns, Arthur Aul, Terrence Barnett, Leann Parker, Silvia Zanchez, Donald Henry, Edgar Otero, Joseph Graham, Gerald Sanders or Nicholas Mezie. ...more

May 8, 2008

Michael Cavoto had just stepped off the county bus when cars started crashing around him Wednesday. ...more

May 8, 2008

The Pasco Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Service was held Thursday evening at the historic Pasco County Courthouse. ...more

May 3, 2008

AVON PARK — The 27-year-old Avon Park woman who was allegedly attacked by Paul Dian Hamilton on Sunday remained in critical condition at a local trauma center as of Friday evening. According to Avon Park Police Department interim Police Chief Michael Rowan, the woman was set to undergo surgery on Friday in an attempt to repair nerve damage she suffered to her hands. Rowan said that doctors were unsure as to whether the victim will ever have full use of her hands following the attack. Rowan also said the woman suffered severe cuts to her head and chest. Law enforcement officials are searching for the weapon that Hamilton allegedly used during the attack, which Rowan described as a "machete-type instrument." ...more

February 16, 2008

A spokeswoman for Tampa General Hospital has confirmed that Michael B. McCraken, 44, of Sebring, has died as a result of injuries he sustained after failing off a moving trailer on Tuesday, in the Tanglewood subdivision. ...more

February 15, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man was critically injured at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when he fell from a moving trailer in the Tanglewood subdivision. ...more

February 13, 2008

The choice wasn't easy, but it was a simple one. Either jump in, or the woman clinging to the side of the Howard Frankland Bridge would certainly die. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa police officer jumped into Old Tampa Bay from the Howard Frankland Bridge on Monday night to save a woman who had been clinging to a piling and crying for help. ...more

January 29, 2008

Law and Order crime news briefs. ...more

January 22, 2008

According to a probable-cause affidavit, here's what happened in the disappearance of Denise Amber Lee: ...more

January 18, 2008