The Florida Board of Medicine has unanimously voted to revoke the medical license of a doctor involved in a botched abortion. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Florida Board of Medicine this morning unanimously voted to revoke the medical license of a doctor involved in a botched abortion. ...more

February 6, 2009

When word spread in November 2007 that the Highlands County Sheriff's Office was searching the Highlands County Landfill for proof of a fetus dumped illegally, it was still unimaginable to many. ...more

December 31, 2008

A Lake Placid woman charged with the murder of her newly delivered infant child will next appear in court in February. ...more

December 26, 2008

At this time, even though the economic situation may seem the only criteria on which to judge a candidate please consider a couple of other points. Remember that Barack Obama is a trained attorney. He has learned to talk a good line in order to sway a jury. How has he managed to raise so much money that he can be in your face every 20 or 30 minutes during the news? Whoever is elected president will only be around four to eight years and doesn't necessarily have the ability to fulfill all his promises. The House and the Senate will have something to say, but the judges he appoints will be around to tell your grandchildren how the world should be run. ...more

October 17, 2008

SEBRING — A "body-less" murder trial is uncommon, but it's not unheard of, according to Assistant State Attorney Steve Houchin. Because authorities were unable to locate the body of the alleged newborn that Silvia Zanchez supposedly threw into the trash last November, prosecutors now have to prove through circumstantial evidence that Zanchez actually delivered the baby, if her case goes to a criminal trial. A Highlands County grand Jjury indicted Zanchez, 24, of 109 Sarasota St., Lake Placid, Wednesday, on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. "We're going to have to prove circumstantially that she gave birth to a live human being," said Houchin, who also said that he's never prosecuted a "body-less" trial. ...more

January 11, 2008

A two-week long search for a discarded baby has culminated into an indictment Wednesday and more details into what happened. ...more

January 9, 2008