TAMPA - A Lowry Elementary School teacher thought she was taking her class to an assembly on fitness and music. She left $10,000 richer. ...more

May 12, 2008

She awoke at 4 a.m. with smoke in her lungs and fire at her window. Her children snuggled next to her in bed. ...more

February 10, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail Friday, charged in connection with a reported armed burglary, armed assault and kidnapping of a Sebring woman. Chad Anthony Martin, 27, of 7414 County Road 17 S., Sebring, was booked in Wednesday on charges of burglary of a dwelling, structure or conveyance while armed, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping to commit or facilitate a felony. On Nov. 8, sheriff's investigators met with a Sebring woman who reported that at about 11 p.m. Nov. 7, in the 3000 block of Sparkling Drive, in Sebring, she heard a noise of her kitchen door opening. She looked out her bedroom door and spotted two people standing in her living room, the report stated. She locked the bedroom door and tried to get out through her laundry room door, which connected to her bedroom. As she tried to get out through her back porch, she reported she was grabbed by her hair by a man she knew only as Chad. ...more

February 2, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail Thursday, charged in connection with a reported armed burglary, armed assault and kidnapping of a Sebring woman. ...more

January 31, 2008

A Plant High School physics teacher was removed from class today after a student reported that he sent her inappropriate e-mail, Hillsborough County School District spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. ...more

January 31, 2008

Every day, folks in the newspaper business, from press operators to reporters to community columnists and publishers, talk about the fear of its demise. ...more

January 28, 2008

The walls that line the hallway along the corridor toward the Lightning locker room are decorated with frames holding team pictures, starting with the inaugural team. Along the back wall is a painted logo, frames holding team phrases such as "Good is the Enemy of Great" along with inspirational stories and individual player photos. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - A woman chased her husband down a hallway from their bedroom Monday and struck him on the back with a baseball bat, police say. ...more

December 11, 2007

HIGHLAND CITY - Polk County deputies arrested a 31-year-old man for sexual battery after he broke into two homes, claiming to be aroused from cocaine and methamphetamine use, authorities said. James Taylor, of 5531 3rd St., was on probation for burglary of an occupied dwelling, deputies said. ...more

December 9, 2007

A Temple Terrace man tried to avoid arrest Thursday by jumping off a third-story balcony, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 7, 2007