A Seminole man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for molesting two girls he lured through MySpace. ...more

October 29, 2009

A second defendant charged in the 2007 murder of Bryan "Red" Fanning now has an October trial date. ...more

May 22, 2009

Authorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool. ...more

March 31, 2009

A jury pool of at least 50 was whittled down to eight women and four men who will make a sentence recommendation in the case of Joshua Lee Altersberger. ...more

March 26, 2009

A 27-year-old Valrico man was convicted today of federal child pornography charges for taking 34 graphic photographs of a 16-year-old relative. ...more

March 12, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court records. ...more

February 13, 2009

After years of hearings, a weeklong jury trial, two appeals and costs running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, a ruckus over who should pay to sod a lawn in a deed-restricted community is back to square one. ...more

February 6, 2009

After years of hearings, a weeklong jury trial, two appeals and costs running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, a ruckus over who should pay to sod a lawn in a deed-restricted community is back to square one. ...more

February 5, 2009

An area accountant has accused her former partner of civil contempt, thus leading to a non-jury trial that began Wednesday in the Highlands County Courthouse. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to life in prison today, the culmination of an investigation by a multiagency task force created to stop the flow of cocaine from South America to the United States, federal prosecutors say. ...more

January 12, 2009