How much information should someone have before pulling the trigger? The question could prove crucial for appellate judges in deciding whether to hear a challenge filed in a local "Stand Your Ground" case. ...more

November 7, 2009

They stood three feet away, and Sebring, in the midst of a collapse, didn't need the reminder. ...more

October 30, 2009

This wasn't what Sebring had in mind when it said it wanted a crisp, efficient tune-up for the rest of districts. ...more

October 28, 2009

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May 15, 2009

A city councilman and the NAACP are asking that the street where 8-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton was killed in a drive-by shooting be renamed in her honor. ...more

May 6, 2009

The last three suspects that police say were involved in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old St. Petersburg girl have been arrested. ...more

April 8, 2009

Police Chief Chuck Harmon today released the sequence of escalating events that led to Sunday's drive-by shooting that claimed the life of an 8-year-old girl, while the girl's family urged the members of the two warring groups involved to stop their cycle of revenge. ...more

April 7, 2009

Can an entire county undergo a youth movement? Apparently so, considering the players set to take the baseball field for the five local programs as the season gets underway this week. ...more

February 15, 2009

The entertainment is decided low-tech this weekend at the Pioneer Florida Museum and Village, with quilters, sugar-cane grinders and mandolin pickers gathering to show their stuff. ...more

February 14, 2009

Susie Whitehead watched from the bleachers as her 11-year-old daughter Liz got her introduction to the game of volleyball: laps around the court and a move called a "step-and-throw." ...more

January 16, 2009