A 5-month-old girl who authorities say was starved to death by her parents only had a little watery fluid in her stomach. ...more

November 4, 2009

One photograph shows a beautiful baby girl with a fat, happy face. Another shows a dead 5-month-old with sunken eyes. She weighed 6 pounds. Her autopsy showed no body fat. ...more

November 4, 2009

Motorists along one of Lakeland's major thoroughfares are being greeted with a billboard asking a provocative question: "Don't believe in God?" ...more

November 3, 2009

The number of witnesses to be deposed and the recent filing of new charges out of Polk County will prevent the case against former Sebring Chamber CEO Dan Andrews from going to trial in December. ...more

October 23, 2009

Joshua Lee Altersberger's case continues through the Polk County court system almost three months after he was formally sentenced to die and will next be back before Judge J. Michael Hunter on Dec. 12. ...more

October 2, 2009

Talk about a breath of fresh air - literally. The season's first cold front - or perhaps we should call this a cool front - breezed through the Tampa Bay area early Wednesday, sending temperatures dipping to levels they haven't been at in months. ...more

October 1, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Sept. 28 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

September 30, 2009

BARTOW (AP) — A health advisory has been issued for swimmers in Polk County after a 10-year-old died of an infection of the central nervous system. ...more

September 28, 2009

Hillsborough County...$775.6 million Pasco County...$209.2 million Pinellas County...$552.9 million ...more

September 20, 2009

Three people, including a 17-year-old who was five months pregnant and her 11-month-old daughter, were killed when the car they were in was struck on a rural stretch of U.S. 27 in Davenport on Tuesday evening. The unborn child also did not survive, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. The driver of the car, William Coe, 21, of Haines City, is in Lakeland Regional Medical Center in stable condition. No one in the car was wearing a seat belt or restrained, the sheriff's office said. ...more

September 16, 2009