It was the second day of a week-long training seminar in Stuart, but a Highlands County Sheriff's Office bloodhound went right from class and into the field to help nab a purse snatcher. ...more

November 20, 2009

A Brooksville man was killed late Sunday night after his 1996 Ford pick-up collided with a county fire truck off Centralia Road. ...more

November 16, 2009

Two men were treated for injuries they suffered early Sunday morning in a reported stabbing incident that happened on Santiago Street. ...more

November 10, 2009

A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2009

A Georgia woman claims Sebring resident Rikelle Purcell, who died last week after what authorities describe as a murder-suicide, was set to leave her abusive boyfriend before she was shot to death. ...more

November 3, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG - A teenager lost control of his car Monday afternoon and crashed into a concrete mailbox, causing flying debris to break a home's window, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 2, 2009

Authorities are looking for a 38-year-old male who has been missing for two days. ...more

October 31, 2009

Hundreds of people waited in line for hours Saturday for the chance to apply to become jailers with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 25, 2009

A man died on Interstate 75 in an accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 23, 2009

A sudden rain shower contributed to a pileup that involved dozens of vehicles on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol worked 19 crashes involving 64 vehicles traveling in the southbound lanes of Interstate 275. ...more

September 28, 2009