A former Odessa physician was placed on probation Wednesday for three years for illegally prescribing oxycodone. ...more

December 17, 2009

A former Odessa physician was placed on probation today for three years for illegally prescribing Oxycodone. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody imposed the sentence on John Rew, 84, who pleaded guilty to a single felony count Sept. 17. ...more

December 16, 2009

After nearly 9 1/2 hours of deliberation, jurors decided they needed some sleep before determining whether Deneilo Bradshaw fatally shot confidential drug informant Rachel Hoffman in a botched drug sting. ...more

December 16, 2009

Casey Anthony, the Orlando mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, sobbed in court Friday as a prosecutor speculated aloud that the toddler was methodically drugged and suffocated with tape. ...more

December 11, 2009

A longtime member of the American Nazis took to the witness stand today to blame neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. for the March 2006 stabbings of Patricia Wells and Kristofer King. ...more

December 9, 2009

No charges will be filed against the parents of a Valrico toddler who fell through an opening in a septic tank and drowned last month. Luis Martinez, 2, was reported missing Nov. 27 from his home at 4114 Silver Lane, and searchers found his body the next day in a septic tank near the front of the small mobile home park where he lived. ...more

December 9, 2009

"Live and let live" masks a shallow philosophy. If it worked, we could loose all prisoners. Four law officers murdered in Washington this past week would be alive. Instead of learning from tragedies, we foster them. Our solutions resemble weakening our coffee so much we might as well drink mud. ...more

December 3, 2009

Christine Lightfoot's reaction to a seemingly harmless teenage wisecrack will send her to prison for two decades. ...more

December 3, 2009

Tests of DNA taken from items seized in the Walker Middle School rape case didn't find matches for any of the four teenage defendants, according to a report released today. ...more

December 2, 2009

Christine Lightfoot's reaction to a seemingly harmless teenage wisecrack will send her to prison for two decades. ...more

December 2, 2009