A former Dowdell Middle School teacher was sentenced this morning to six months probation for assaulting two students, slamming one of the students' hands in a door. ...more

January 8, 2009 |

SARASOTA COUNTY - Prosecutors have dropped the most serious charges against parents accused of hosting a house party for underage teenagers that ended with the death of an 18-year-old. ...more

October 31, 2008 |

Highlands County Court Judge Anthony Ritenour will not allow inmates to serve jail time on the weekend work release program until changes are implemented. ...more

October 8, 2008 |

John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices the house lights are on. ...more

September 23, 2008 |

John Hammerberg drives past a house on a dark street off Nebraska Avenue. He notices that the house lights are on. Hammerberg, the chief theft investigator for Tampa Electric Co. suspects a crime is under way and returns a few minutes later with two Tampa police officers. Hammerberg is pretty sure the property owner is stealing electricity. Power to the home was cut off in May. ...more

September 22, 2008 |

A judge in Riviera Beach has ruled a city law banning sagging pants is unconstitutional in the case of a 17-year-old who spent a night in jail for having his underwear exposed ...more

September 16, 2008 |

A judge in Riviera Beach has ruled a city law banning sagging pants is unconstitutional in the case of a 17-year-old who spent a night in jail for having his underwear exposed. ...more

September 15, 2008 |

BRADENTON — A former youth minister was sentenced this afternoon to 120 days in the Manatee County jail and two years of probation for secretly videotaping girls as they undressed in his homes in Bradenton and Ellenton over a two-year period. ...more

August 21, 2008 |

An Avon Park woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond on Thursday, after she was arrested at the Belk Department Store, in the Lakeshore Mall. ...more

August 14, 2008 |

Walk On By This is a rebuttal to the letter entitled "Teaching Children to Beg." ...more

August 12, 2008 |