People should safeguard homes before heading out of town for holiday trips, the Pasco Sheriff's Office crime prevention unit reminds residents. ...more

December 24, 2008

Julie Fallin choked two family members, cut her own left wrist with a 5-inch butcher knife and attacked a family member by running after her and threatening her with the knife Monday, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Fallin at 6 p.m. Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking the public's help in locating an 82-year-old woman whose family has not seen her for six months. Mabel A. Pugliese, of 7993 Oak Run Circle, Lakeland, was reported missing on Sunday by a family member. ...more

December 10, 2008

Brandon J.P. Flaherty, 18, was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after threatening a family member with a knife. ...more

December 6, 2008

Authorities are searching tonight for a missing 12-year-old girl who has tried to harm herself in the past, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 2, 2008

Shoppers are expected to turn out in droves to take advantage of rock-bottom bargains. ...more

November 28, 2008

An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men. ...more

November 19, 2008

Death has always been a part of life. There's evidence that even as far back as 60,000 B.C., Neanderthals were burying their dead with flowers. Every culture has its own traditions and superstitions that accompany death. These are just a few: ...more

November 10, 2008

How much help can a disabled voter legally get from a friend, family member, caretaker or guardian when they're casting their vote? ...more

October 28, 2008

Vidal Mills asks a visitor to call before dropping by his Carver City home so a family member can hold the chained pit bull in the front yard at bay. ...more

October 28, 2008