The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the FBI made a big mistake when it reported to Homeland Security that 500 uniforms had gone missing from the agency last year. ...more

January 15, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-sized lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. But one thing about Earley, 42, sets him apart from other dads in the neighborhood. He's a fugitive hiding in plain sight, wanted by the law since 2007 on felony charges of failure to pay child support. A list of Florida's deadbeat parents, administered by the state Department of Revenue, is the best measure of the growing problem that Earley represents: The list of cases has increased more than 100,000 during the past five years, to 792,000. ...more

January 14, 2009

A fifth-grade student at Mort Elementary in Tampa was struck by a vehicle about a block from the school today, school district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. ...more

January 14, 2009

Two Frostproof men were apprehended in Avon Park on Monday and charged in the death of another Polk County man, whose throat is believed to have been slashed. ...more

January 14, 2009

Two Frostproof men were apprehended in Avon Park on Monday and charged in the death of another Polk County man, whose throat is believed to have been slashed. ...more

January 13, 2009

Three men were arrested Saturday in separate cases involving battery. Laureano Diaz, 74, of Sebring, was charged with battery of a person 65 years of age or older; Jason Lee Guzik, 34, of Sebring, was charged with obstructing justice, a felony, and misdemeanor battery; and Mike Lopez, 38, of Lorida, was charged with felony battery. ...more

January 13, 2009

Tampa police say they seized nearly 100 counterfeit $20 bills Sunday from a Davie man. ...more

January 5, 2009

Norma Vazquez of New Port Richey says Pasco Code Enforcement is wrong to cite the Elisha Ministries homeless shelter. ...more

January 3, 2009

A hard-fought race for Highlands County Sheriff ended Nov. 4 with the re-election of Susan Benton. ...more

December 31, 2008