A Crystal Springs man pleaded no contest to attempted murder Thursday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. ...more

June 12, 2009

A pretrial conference is set for July in the case of a Sun 'n Lakes man charged in the November death of another Lake Placid resident. ...more

June 1, 2009

A man and a pregnant woman are recovering after being shot during a home invasion in Holiday early Friday morning. ...more

May 9, 2009

Pasco County authorities have released a composite sketch of a man in the attempted armed robbery of a pharmacy last week and the earlier assault of a 71-year-old carjacking victim. ...more

April 24, 2009

Pasco County authorities have released a composite sketch of a suspect in last week's attempted armed robbery of a pharmacy and earlier assault of a 71-year-old carjacking victim. The composite is of one of two suspects in the 1 p.m. April 14 robbery attempt at the Medicine Shoppe, 10720 State Road 54, and the carjacking 35 minutes earlier outside the Ross Dress for Less store on Little Road at S.R. 54. ...more

April 23, 2009

A 71-year-old woman was attacked Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of the Ross store at Little Road and State Road 54, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 15, 2009

A Highlands County grand jury returned an indictment of first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for a suspect charged with the death of a Lake Placid man. ...more

April 8, 2009

Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a man with stalking "Dancing With the Stars" contestant and Olympic gymnastics champion Shawn Johnson. ...more

March 26, 2009

The 15th annual Norman Schwarzkopf Sporting Clays Classic will be held at Tenoroc Preserve near Lakeland ...more

March 21, 2009

I listened to Carole King's "Tapestry" for the first time in a long while this past weekend. The album seemed incredibly deep and grown-up and mysterious when I had the 8-track at age 11. Now that most of its mysteries have been revealed, "Tapestry" seems sometimes spot-on ("It's Too Late"), sometimes naïve ("Where You Lead") and sometimes like bad prog rock minus the gory synthesizers (the title track). (And gory synthesizers are the best part of bad prog rock.) ...more

March 19, 2009