Approaching soon is Dec. 7, the anniversary of the morning aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began a surprise attack on the United States. Our forces at Pearl Harbor appeared to be utterly unprepared, and the attack immediately drew the United States into World War II. Many seniors remember exactly what they were doing then, and during other such life-changing events. ...more

December 3, 2008

A family of five, burned out of its house Saturday afternoon, needs help furnishing a new home. ...more

December 3, 2008

A U.S. Marshals fugitive task force nabbed two of Quebec's 10 most wanted fugitives today in Tampa, where they arrested a Canadian couple wanted in the slaying of their baby. ...more

November 7, 2008

The suspect in a Sept. 7 drive-by shooting in Highway Park is next scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12 for a pretrial conference. ...more

November 1, 2008

Sami Al-Arian lost a bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court consider his case. Al-Arian appealed rulings that he could be prosecuted for contempt for refusing to testify before a Virginia grand jury investigating Islamic charities. His attorneys argued that his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa exempted him from having to cooperate with prosecutors. ...more

October 7, 2008

Deputies have arrested a 23-year-old man they say shook a 2-month-old baby. ...more

October 6, 2008

A Highlands County press release reveals new information in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept 7 for which a Lake Placid man is a suspect. ...more

September 16, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $110,500 bond Monday after he was arrested Friday night and charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept. 7. Elbert McFarlane Heron, 28, of 130 Zion St., was booked on charges of attempted second-degree murder, firing a weapon or discharging a firearm in public, firing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling, vehicle or building and firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle. ...more

September 15, 2008

A 4-month-old baby was discovered inside a marijuana grow house on Wednesday, an affidavit shows. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA - A 19-year-old man pushed a baby carriage into a street while trying to avoid a deputy serving an arrest warrant, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

May 23, 2008