Name of business: lil-bit of Florida Location: 1023 W. Palmetto St., Avon Park ...more

November 15, 2009

The story of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad nearing execution on Tuesday in Virginia for crimes he committed in October 2002 piqued my interest ("Beltway Sniper's execution looms," Nation and World, Nov. 10). The interest is in the vast and stark differences between Florida's and Virginia's death-row process. ...more

November 11, 2009

A videotaped sex act and intimidation tactics were behind the ouster of a part-time Pasco-Hernando Community College law enforcement instructor in June. ...more

October 29, 2009

Edward Morales moved on with his life after getting out of prison 21 years ago. ...more

October 29, 2009

A videotaped sex act and intimidation tactics were behind the ouster of a part-time Pasco Hernando Community College law enforcement instructor in June. The failure of the program's administrators to properly investigate the incidents resulted in the termination of three of those administrators this week, the college announced Wednesday. ...more

October 28, 2009

Edward Morales moved on with his life after leaving prison 21 years ago. ...more

October 28, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month. ...more

October 27, 2009

Pasco County deputies, as well as officers from the state Department of Corrections and the Dade City, New Port Richey and Zephyrhills police departments, made 68 domestic violence-related arrests Thursday during a special sweep. ...more

October 17, 2009

An aunt of John Evander Couey stepped forward Thursday to claim his body, relieving the Florida Department of Corrections of the financial burden of cremation and burial for one of West Central Florida's most reviled child killers. ...more

October 2, 2009

A Port Charlotte woman who is nearly eight months pregnant has been charged with possession of oxycodone and drug paraphernalia. ...more

July 10, 2009