Good defense attorneys make a living crossing up prosecution witnesses, challenging their credibility and giving jurors a reason to disbelieve their testimony. ...more

April 22, 2009

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March 24, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 11, 2009

A teenager accused of brutally raping two Zephyrhills women in 2007 rejected a plea deal Wednesday that would have sent him to prison for 30 years. ...more

March 5, 2009

A teenager accused of brutally raping two Zephyrhills women in 2007 rejected a plea deal today that would have sent him to prison for 30 years. ...more

March 4, 2009

Billy Flutie, the Boston College backup quarterback and nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, threw for a 9-yard touchdown on a fake field goal Saturday to lead the 20th-ranked Eagles to a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in Tampa with a 28-21 victory over Maryland. ...more

November 30, 2008

It could have been the worst storm ever to hit the Tampa region. Hurricane Ike is a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to pick up even more speed as it makes it past Cuba Tuesday and heads west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 8, 2008

SEBRING — It felt like beach weather last week, but as you're picking up this newspaper from your doorstep or out of the rack, you'll wish you had a skull cap, gloves and a scarf to go along with that jacket. The National Weather Service in Ruskin predicts temperatures to dip into upper 20s by tonight until Thursday morning, bringing in the coldest weather seen in Highlands County this season, and possibly a hard freeze that's rarely seen south of Polk County's so-called "frost line." ...more

January 2, 2008

It looks like 2007 will leave on a warm note and 2008 will debut with a chilly blast. ...more

December 29, 2007