A veterinarian gave Shannon Fiehler a bit of advice after she adopted a 4-month-old shelter dog that was part border collie and part Labrador retriever. ...more

February 14, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a two-car collision Thursday night that claimed the life of a 28-year-old Davenport woman. Sharon Danespour was pronounced dead after she was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center following the 7:49 p.m. wreck, troopers said. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputy sustained minor injuries after his cruiser overturned Sunday around 11 p.m., on U.S. 27 near Red Lobster. ...more

February 9, 2009

A Central High School senior suspected of hitting a woman with his car Thursday night near Hexam Road shot and killed himself when authorities in Levy County pulled him over, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 7, 2009

A Central High School senior suspected of hitting a woman with his car near Hexam Road on Thursday night shot and killed himself when authorities in Levy County pulled him over, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 6, 2009

A single car crash in Polk County on Thursday night killed two people. Witnesses told authorities they believed the wrecked car was racing another vehicle moments before it lost control and struck a concrete pole. ...more

February 6, 2009

PLANT CITY If you were wondering what became of Deborah Haldane for a few weeks, there was a good reason the Plant City Recreation and Parks Department veteran was out of the office. She became a new mom. ...more

February 2, 2009

Lawerence and Sarah Holton had roughly two-and-a-half minutes to come up with a name for their newborn daughter before she was transported to Orlando's neonatal unit. ...more

January 31, 2009

A machete-wielding man threatening to kill others and then himself at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on Thursday night was calmed down and placed under arrest by an off-duty Polk County deputy, deputies say. ...more

January 30, 2009

A Lakeland woman is accused of fracturing the skull of a one-month-old boy, officials said. ...more

January 30, 2009