A baby False Water Cobra, native to South America, is now at a Pinellas County wildlife refuge after UPS found the creature Thursday afternoon in a plain, unmarked box at its Pinellas Park transfer facility. ...more

October 31, 2009

Wildlife authorities are asking for the public's help this morning in locating a rhesus macaque monkey that is on the loose. ...more

January 14, 2009

The past few days have been a nightmare for Natalie Giambarberee, and none of it feels real, she said. Alicia Chomic, her best friend for 10 years, was a happy person who went to the beach and shopping with her and always helped lift her spirits. But on Friday morning, the body of Chomic, 23, was found in a bedroom with the bodies of Chomic's sons, Anthony Michael Lietz Jr., 15 months; Damian Michael Lietz, 2; and Thomas Anthony Goldsmith Jr., 4. ...more

November 3, 2008

A Citrus County medical examiner ruled Saturday that the deaths of Alicia Chomic and her three young sons are consistent with a murder-suicide. ...more

November 2, 2008

Greg Maslowski called 911 and told them to come quick. He had just found his stepdaughter and her three boys, all younger than 4, dead about 10 a.m. today. ...more

November 1, 2008

A mother in early her 20s and her three young boys, all younger than 4, were found dead by a family member about 10 a.m. today at 4983 E. Stoer Lane in Floral City. ...more

October 31, 2008

Dale Earnhardt passed his love of the Talladega Superspeedway to his race team, which took a must-win mentality into every event at NASCAR's biggest track. ...more

October 4, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Highlands County man with an Okeechobee address was free Tuesday on $21,000 bail after his girlfriend called the sheriff's office and reported that he had strangled her during an argument. Deputies arrested Bruce Yates, 28, of an undisclosed Okeechobee address, charging him with felony battery or domestic violence battery by strangulation, possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) without a prescription and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana. ...more

September 17, 2008

LECANTO – An escaped convict has been caught in Lecanto, Citrus County Sheriff Jeffrey Dawsy confirmed about 9:45 a.m. today. ...more

January 14, 2008