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July 19, 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

A gambling game busted up by deputies last month could result in a jolt of cash for the sheriff's office. ...more

February 27, 2009

The sound of laughter coming from the front room of the Jerome Brown Community Center on Thursday wasn't surprising. ...more

February 6, 2009

Another suspect was linked Monday to the case of a wife accused of hiring a band of hit-men to kill her husband. ...more

January 1, 2009

Fillets by the gallon bucket? Ice chests full of fish? A fish fry to feed the neighborhood? There aren't many species of fish left in Florida that permit such prodigious harvests, but the black crappie, also called speckled perch, is one. And December through April is speck time. ...more

December 14, 2008

It's billed as the world's most expensive, most beautiful new book. Valued at more than $100,000, a 62-pound handmade tome depicting the work of Michelangelo has arrived at the New York Public Library. ...more

November 26, 2008

So how does a stun gun work on a 450-pound porker? Not so well, a Hernando County sheriff's deputy learned Monday after he was forced to pull his nonlethal weapon while trying to corral a swine on the loose in Royal Highlands. ...more

October 15, 2008

Takes rope, not electricity, to rein in 450-pound hog. ...more

October 15, 2008