Lionel Tate, whose killing of a 6-year-old girl once made him the youngest person in modern U.S. history sentenced to life in prison, accepted a plea deal Tuesday in a pizza deliveryman robbery that occurred while he was on probation. ...more

February 20, 2008

When Kevin Shelden sat as a juror on a recent murder case, he had questions he would have liked to ask the witnesses. ...more

January 4, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A jury deliberated for 30 minutes this afternoon before finding a Moon Lake man guilty in the 2004 beating of Joanna Herman. ...more

November 1, 2007

Prosecutors will look to strengthen their murder case against Lawrence Tener when the 25-year-old goes to trial Wednesday on an unrelated aggravated battery charge. ...more

October 30, 2007

Carter Jenkins says he's not much of a singer or dancer, but he's going to give it his best shot when his musical number comes up on 'Viva Laughlin.' ...more

October 18, 2007

Carter Jenkins says he's not much or a singer or dancer, but he's going to give it his best shot when his musical number comes up on "Viva Laughlin." ...more

October 17, 2007

•'American Idol' rocker Daughtry, right, brings it home to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight. ...more

October 8, 2007

The State Attorney's Office has dropped a felony burglary charge against University of Florida safety Tony Joiner, who was arrested Tuesday and accused of breaking into a towing company impound yard to retrieve his girlfriend's car. The decision paves the way for Joiner, Florida's most experienced defensive back, to play today against top-ranked LSU. ...more

October 5, 2007

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office announced Friday that a grand jury indicted two more suspects in the Bryan Edward "Red" Fanning arson, kidnapping and murder case, bringing the total number of suspects to four. The grand jury found there was probable cause to indict Terrence Jerome "TJ" Barnett, 26, of Frostproof and Leeann Parker, 25, of Lake Wales, who were charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, first-degree arson and robbery. Both Barnett and Parker remained in the Polk County Jail on unrelated methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges, according to Donna Wood, Polk County sheriff's public information ...more

September 22, 2007

David Lee Onstott, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed a 13-year-old Ruskin girl, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. ...more

September 21, 2007