A 34-year-old Riverview man has been charged with child abuse after investigators say he beat his daughter with a belt and shaved her head for misbehaving. ...more

September 19, 2009

In a week shot through with oddities, peculiarities and assorted other "how 'bout that" moments - and that's not even bringing up the mummified pygmy mud-man exhibit at the county fair - these several emerged as worth something more than a passing noggin-scratch. ...more

February 22, 2009

One death row inmate convicted of killing and robbing an elderly man will be retried. Another, who raped a pregnant woman and killed her husband, will get a new sentencing hearing. ...more

December 11, 2008

A man sentenced to die for killing his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter in 1983 filed a petition in U.S. District Court today seeking to have his sentenced overturned. ...more

November 4, 2008

NORTH PORT - A year after 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood's body was found in an empty North Port lot, Police Chief Terry Lewis called a news conference to remind the public that the case had not gone cold and that the person or persons who committed the crime would be caught. ...more

August 14, 2008

NORTH PORT - Patrick Murphy was looking for work in the construction boom when he left Kentucky and followed his parents, Bill and Debra, to Southwest Florida in 2003. ...more

August 13, 2008

Miracle, a baby raccoon that was scorched in a roofer's tar-heating machine April 22, was taken by veterinarians to the Hardee County Animal Refuge in Zolfo Springs. ...more

June 17, 2008

Miracle, a baby raccoon that was scorched in a roofer's tar-heating machine April 22, was taken by veterinarians to the Hardee County Animal Refuge in Zolfo Springs. ...more

June 17, 2008

Before leaving her 22-month-old son with his father, Shantil Galloway said she kissed and hugged the boy. ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - Before leaving her 22-month-old son with his father, Shantil Galloway said she gave the boy a kiss and a hug. ...more

February 15, 2008