RUSKIN -- A Ruskin woman sued her ex-boyfriend claiming he didn't tell her that he had genital herpes. Kathy Croman, 57, filed the civil lawsuit on Nov. 2 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court against her ex-boyfriend Richard Tinker, who won $5 million in the Florida Lottery in 1994. ...more

November 20, 2009

Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury convicted the 56-year-old Lacoochee man Thursday of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. ...more

November 6, 2009

Joseph Coleman is likely headed to prison for life. A jury today convicted the 56-year Lacoochee man of attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2006 shooting of his then-estranged wife, Sylvia Grant. Circuit Judge Pat Siracusa will sentence Coleman on Dec. 3. ...more

November 5, 2009

One Pinellas Sheriff's deputy received a written reprimand after it was discovered he was accused of bouncing a check, while another was suspended after starting an amorous relationship with a subordinate, according to Pinellas sheriff's documents released this morning. ...more

October 26, 2009

NO. 2 FLORIDA AT MISSISSIPPI STATE KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m.; Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. ...more

October 24, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public in locating two residents who have been missing since Sunday. Lynda McAdams, 46, of 17928 Palomina Lake Drive in Dade City, and William R. Andrews, 37, of 7128 Cedar Crest Road in New Port Richey, are co-workers who are involved in a relationship, Pasco sheriff's officials said today. ...more

October 22, 2009

The landlord-tenant relationship between the Port of Tampa and the operator of Channelside Bay Plaza has drifted into choppy waters, with the port seeking better maintenance of the premises and nearly $200,000 in overdue payments, primarily on a parking contract. ...more

October 21, 2009

German-born model Heidi Klum has given birth to a daughter, Lou Sulola Samuel — her fourth child. ...more

October 13, 2009

Two co-workers who learned this summer that they are long-lost brothers and who reunited this week with their two half sisters - one of whom is from Sarasota - have a new surprise. A half brother has surfaced. ...more

September 26, 2009

A wife and husband were arrested Monday on charges their five children were living under deplorable conditions. Lisa Schohl, 34, and Steven Schohl Sr., 49, both of 12711 119th St., Largo, were each charged with five counts of child neglect, and each was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $25,000 bail. ...more

September 8, 2009