In 1962, Judy Ortiz, a child of Puerto Rican immigrants, was born into homelessness in lower Manhattan of New York City. Her mother was homeless as a consequence of her father's drug addiction. ...more

October 6, 2008

When she was served with DUI manslaughter charges in a fatal head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, Cheryl Riemann told a trooper she didn't even remember being on the highway, the trooper said. ...more

September 26, 2008

A judge today denied bail for Cheryl Riemann, who is facing DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges in the Sept. 10 head-on crash that killed a mother and left the woman's child in serious condition. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Lake Placid woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say she became angry and threatened her stepdad with a pan of hot grease. ...more

August 29, 2008

A man in a fistfight with his stepfather in the front yard of their Manatee County home this morning set fire to the house when he realized his mother was calling 911, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 24, 2008

An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $6,500 bond Tuesday after he was arrested and charged in connection with a burglary and theft of his stepfather's pressure washer. ...more

August 13, 2008

Family and friends of the late Army Spc. Cody Grater are $2,000 closer toward their goal of building a skateboard ramp in the veteran's honor at Pioneer Park. ...more

August 6, 2008

Family and friends of the late Army Spc. Cody Grater are $2,000 closer toward their goal of building a skateboard ramp in the veteran's honor. ...more

August 6, 2008

"When my stepdad went to Iraq, half of my heart went with him," says Michael, a teenager who lives on the Army base at Fort Stewart, Ga. ...more

July 6, 2008

Former Hernando High School senior Nadia Estrada loved taking German class at school. ...more

June 27, 2008