Jamee Hawthorne scored a game-high 12 points and Beonca Godfrey chipped in 10 more on Tuesday to lead the Avon Park girls basketball team to a season-opening 44-15 victory over Lakeland Christian at the Lake Region Tip-Off Classic. ...more

November 13, 2008

TAMPA - The trial of man charged with murder will continue today despite an outburst Tuesday afternoon where a man in the courtroom gallery yelled that the defendant killed his brother and struggled with bailiffs as he was dragged from the courtroom. ...more

May 21, 2008

As a jury listened to a 911 tape play the last minutes of George Stewart's life, his family and friends cried in the front row of the courtroom. ...more

May 21, 2008

Timothy Craig Blackwelder is charged with murder, burglary of a dwelling with assault and violating a domestic violence injunction. If Blackwelder is found guilty of the murder charge, he will receive a mandatory life sentence. ...more

May 20, 2008