A judge today rejected the latest bond request by a man who is accused of killing two women during a drunken 30-minute crash-fest. ...more

November 23, 2009

Andrew Frank Morris, 16, was upgraded to fair condition on Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

February 23, 2009

Sheriff Richard Nugent gripped the podium Thursday morning, his red-rimmed eyes blinking rapidly. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man who sat in his car at the gas pumps for two hours was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of DUI. ...more

January 26, 2009

A former employee of the Brooksville Police Department made a case to get his job back Thursday, three months after he was fired for allegedly using his position to get out of a speeding ticket. ...more

December 5, 2008

Police are searching for two men who robbed a Sonic restaurant early this morning and shot the manager in the foot as they were leaving. ...more

November 30, 2008

The most idiotic nonsense design by any automobile manufacturer was made by Ford and probably others was to change the material of the intake manifold, I think it's called, and which I refer to as the water jacket on top of the engine, next to and under the injectors, to plastic. This water jacket replacement recently cost me over $1,000 to replace in my Crown Victoria because plastic cannot be welded good enough to withstand the high temperatures from the engine that the liquid carries. Metal can be welded. Ford, in their stupidity, had changed this important engine part from metal, which lasts over 20 years, to a short-life plastic. When this liquid jacket-manifold burst on my 1,500-mile trip on a Saturday, my trip was completely ruined as no one works on weekends in the Carolinas and no banks are open, and no small independent mechanics that you might find will accept credit cards. ...more

November 14, 2008

A woman's wig was a bad accessory for an accused car burglar, whose choice of hair made a police officer look twice. Tampa police Cpl. Larry Miles was patrolling the city parking garage at 1550 E. Sixth Ave. about 1:45 a.m. Sunday when he saw a man in a silver 2000 Crown Victoria place a blond wig on his head and start to drive away, a preliminary police report states. ...more

November 10, 2008

A 20-year-old man died Saturday night in St. Petersburg when he ran a red light, struck a cab and was then thrown from his motorcycle, police said. ...more

October 19, 2008

A Highlands County press release reveals new information in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept 7 for which a Lake Placid man is a suspect. ...more

September 16, 2008