Put yourself in the shoes of a child who has been abused or neglected, and then whisked into emergency foster care. The only thing that could make the whole experience more frightening would to be taken away from your siblings and sent to live with complete strangers. ...more

June 23, 2008

A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away. ...more

June 6, 2008

A man on a motor scooter was dragged about 10 feet by a woman trying to rip gold chains off his neck as she drove away, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 2, 2008

After a few uneventful years without a major storm, Pasco County emergency officials worry residents have let their guards down as hurricane season begins today. ...more

June 1, 2008

BLAZE GUTTED ONE-STORY HOUSE, REIGNITED HOURS LATER ...more

May 4, 2008

TAMPA - A Seminole man took a 2-year-old girl out of the bath tub, held her face down on a couch and struck both sides of her face Thursday, Pinellas County detectives say. ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA - Brian Wilcox, charged with photographing and creating pornographic images of a child relative, was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison, a Department of Justice release states. ...more

February 21, 2008

Brian Wilcox, charged with photographing and creating pornographic images of a child relative, was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison, a Department of Justice release states. ...more

February 21, 2008

Re: Drugging of children a diversion? So, is this to say also, that the men and women of today who are taking Prozac and other meds to treat anxiety, depression, etc. are taking something that isn't needed? I am certain that there are those parents who give the child something to just calm him/her down when unruly, but there are very real cases out there that can not go with out being treated with meds. ...more

January 26, 2008

Several suspects took a swing at deputies over the weekend, earning them all a charge of resisting an officer with violence. ...more

January 23, 2008