A 56-year-old Tampa woman died Wednesday night after her car was struck from behind by another on North Dale Mabry Highway south of Van Dyke Road, authorities said. The victim was heading south when her 2005 Hyundai was hit by a 2004 Ford pickup driven by Jerrod S. Bogush, 19, of Odessa, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

Since two women told authorities they were abducted and sexually assaulted when they were closing an Apollo Beach business Saturday, employees at a nearby hair salon have been taking extra precautions. "Something like this has never happened, so it's very disturbing to know it's hit home," Catrina Langford of Hair Carvers said. "We close at 7 and make sure that door's locked." Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrests of three men detectives say robbed, abducted and sexually assaulted two women early Saturday. ...more

August 20, 2008 |

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrests of three men detectives say sexually assaulted two women early Saturday. ...more

August 19, 2008 |

Detectives are looking for three men they say sexually assaulted two women early Saturday after robbing them at gunpoint and abducting them. ...more

August 19, 2008 |

Detectives are looking for three men who they say sexually assaulted two women early Sunday morning after robbing them at gunpoint and abducting them. ...more

August 18, 2008 |

The search for a missing 41-year-old Sebring man ended Tuesday, for all intents and purposes, when deputies searched a wooded area near the Tanglewood home of his parents and discovered a man's body. ...more

July 30, 2008 |

A man died in a house fire that began around 6 p.m. Monday at 21423 Powell Road, just west of Culbreath Road, authorities said. ...more

July 2, 2008 |

Hernando County Briefs ...more

July 1, 2008 |

Police shot to death a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark country road, authorities said. ...more

June 16, 2008 |

Debra Harmon doesn't consider sheltering unwanted dogs a criminal act. ...more

February 1, 2008 |