Before firing up the grill this summer, take a close look at the nozzle on the propane tank. ...more

June 27, 2008

DRUG USERS MAKE METH USING CONTAINERS ...more

June 26, 2008

A suspected drug dealer was arrested at home Wednesday in a raid by undercover deputies. ...more

June 19, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County Sheriff's Office and Lake Placid Police Department were investigating a Saturday morning shooting which occurred at 242 Phoenix Ave. after an altercation at the Hideaway Lounge on U.S. 27. ...more

June 7, 2008

Polk County deputies have seized 8 pounds of methamphetamine and four guns and arrested three men they say intended to sell the drug. ...more

May 2, 2008

Polk County deputies arrested three people today involved in rooster fighting, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 15, 2008

A West Hernando Middle School student is accused of grabbing his teacher by the throat and threatening to punch him. ...more

February 6, 2008

A methamphetamine dealer who gunned down a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Southern California. A man in Arizona who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents and brother and snatched his children. A man who suffocated his baby daughter and left her body in a tool bag on an expressway overpass near Chicago. ...more

January 18, 2008

Type "OxyContin" and "pharmacy" into your Internet search engine and watch what happens. Within seconds, you'll have links to thousands of Web sites promising easy access to the drug. The same goes for Vicodin or just about any other painkiller you can name. ...more

December 30, 2007

TAMPA - Type "OxyContin" and "pharmacy" into your Internet search engine and watch what happens. Within seconds, you'll have links to thousands of Web sites promising easy access to the drug. The same goes for Vicodin or just about any other painkiller you can name. These addictive drugs are strictly regulated by state and federal laws and are supposed to be available only through prescriptions. But with a credit card and a click or two on a computer, it's possible to bypass the system and have the medications delivered to your door. ...more

December 28, 2007