Jordan Valdez, the Davis Islands teenager charged in the hit-and-run death of a homeless woman, was sentenced today to probation and 250 hours of community service. Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe decided the 17-year-old should be sentenced as a juvenile. ...more

November 24, 2009

The community lost one of its cultural leaders with the death Wednesday of Jo Brenner, 70, of Sebring, who was the wife of downtown Sebring merchant Gene Brenner. They shared 30 years of marriage together. ...more

October 23, 2009

Authorities say a toddler survived a fall from a fourth-floor apartment in Lauderdale Lakes. ...more

October 16, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's detectives were searching for two men Friday involved in the early morning shooting of a man outside a bar. ...more

August 15, 2009

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend. ...more

March 30, 2009

The agent for wide receiver Joey Galloway confirmed that the New England Patriots have reached a one-year deal with the former Buc. ...more

March 14, 2009

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth hit and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley Saturday morning on a busy causeway linking Miami and Miami Beach, police said. ...more

March 14, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash involving three vehicles, including a semitrailer. ...more

February 16, 2009

A second suspect has been arrested in the home invasion that left a 21-year-old Shady Hills man dead in October. ...more

January 27, 2009

A Sebring man was listed in good condition at Tampa General Hospital, said hospital spokesman John Dunn on Thursday, after a rollover crash on U.S. 98 Wednesday night. ...more

July 31, 2008