A 69-year-old man awaiting trial on charges he molested a 6-year-old girl now faces new charges after deputies say he threatened to kill a witness in the case. ...more

November 19, 2009

I read the letters where the Constitution is used to make ones personal point, bent to fit their views. It is a good document in which our government should be run, but too many years have passed for it to now be absolute. If we want to go back to that time in history then we must remember that many of the writers owned slaves. There were indebted persons and a poor house in which to be jailed. Women of the time were only good to have children and keep the house. The writers could not have foreseen all the advances that have been made in our country; if they could some of the text might have been written differently. ...more

November 1, 2009

A Crystal River man was mauled by four dogs in a neighbor's yard while trying to save his own dog, officials said. ...more

October 24, 2009

Polk County sheriff's deputies are seeking help figuring out who stole thousands of dollars worth of farm equipment two weeks ago. ...more

September 18, 2009

Jury selection is under way in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of plowing his truck through a Fourth of July gathering, killing a toddler and injuring another child. ...more

September 14, 2009

WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — Authorities say they've recovered four monkeys and a parrot that had been stolen from the Palm Beach Zoo. ...more

September 10, 2009

Divers have found a body inside a car submerged in a canal behind a condominium complex in Hudson, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

July 10, 2009

Set a golf ball on top of a fence 50 yards away and Travis Rubio can blast a bullet through the center of it with a muzzleloader-style rifle. ...more

June 15, 2009

Flowers have been placed along a fence outside the Wichita clinic of slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller and the clinic flag is flying at half staff. ...more

June 1, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY Town and Country Elementary was spruced up during spring break with the help of the Green Thumb Nursery, Town 'N Country Garden Circle and Town 'N Country Youth Council. ...more

May 6, 2009