An Avon Park man pleaded no contest Monday to 16 counts of possessing photographs of child pornography. ...more

February 17, 2009

The only named suspect in the Boyett's Grove shooting of 2007 is back in town. ...more

February 13, 2009

Investigators said today they are expanding their search and re-interviewing family members as they continue to look for a 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Lithia man who claims he was unjustly arrested for drunk driving in 2006 has sued the deputy who charged him, Sheriff David Gee and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 12, 2009

A former Department of Children & Families employee has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators to help his friend, former DCF spokesman Al Zimmerman. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man who tried to enter a woman's car under the guise of an undercover officer was arrested Monday. ...more

February 11, 2009

Lisa DeCarr had a headache and didn't want to go to school. The 15-year-old asked her mother if she could stay home that Thursday. Her mother, Barbara DeCarr, agreed. It was the last time DeCarr saw her daughter alive. ...more

February 8, 2009

Lisa DeCarr had a headache and didn't want to go to school. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Sarasota County School Board shut down a police training class on Tuesday after a complaint that the instructor, Mike Treubert, had shown a pornographic movie to the six officers taking the course. Mike Treubert Treubert, 50, is a North Port city commissioner and retired Venice police officer. He also teaches driver's education and has been a longtime youth sports coach. He refused to comment Wednesday on the complaint or the personnel investigation by the School Board. ...more

February 5, 2009

Buddy Johnson has proven to be one of Jeb Bush's biggest mistakes. ...more

February 5, 2009