Sylvia Grant testified her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, burst into her house, beat her with a gun and shot her in the neck. ...more

November 5, 2009

Sylvia Grant testified her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, burst into her house, beat her with a gun and shot her in the neck. ...more

November 4, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

The father of a 3-year-old allegedly molested by a family friend may get a harsher penalty than the alleged offender police say he and a neighbor severely beat. ...more

October 26, 2009

Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins' life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the wanted man's suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday of a mysterious young woman checking him in. Accused of the gruesome death of his ex-wife, a model whose body was so badly mutilated it had to be identified by her breast implants' serial numbers, Jenkins evaded a massive international manhunt for days as he crossed from California into his native Canada. ...more

August 24, 2009

It has been one week since an attorney said the young child allegedly injured by Avon Park police officer James Parker would be taken off life support, and as of Monday, there was no change in the victim's condition. ...more

May 12, 2009

The 20-month-old child who Avon Park police officer James Parker is accused of seriously injuring March 29 may be taken off life support this week. ...more

May 4, 2009

Prosecutors say they'll pursue first-degree murder charges in the death of a 17-month-old boy from injuries his uncle initially described as a fall against a table. ...more

March 17, 2009

Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell will hold a news conference Tuesday to address sanctions handed down by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for academic-misconduct violations involving 61 student-athletes and three former FSU employees. Wetherell and the university took issue with one particular sanction in which FSU has been told to vacate records in 10 sports in which ineligible student-athletes participated. ...more

March 12, 2009

A 26-year-old man faces a possible death sentence after being convicted this afternoon on federal murder, robbery and drug charges in connection with the 2006 robbery of a Bartow drug house. ...more

March 3, 2009