Authorities in Manatee County are searching for a mentally ill woman who left her group home in Ellenton earlier today. ...more

December 28, 2008

Authorities say a missing Lakeland woman has returned home unharmed. ...more

December 5, 2008

PLANT CITY Plant City commissioners recently joined their counterparts on other government bodies recognizing Oct. 5-11 as Mental Illness Awareness Week. ...more

October 3, 2008

Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav. ...more

September 2, 2008

Conditions at Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric ward are so bad they pose "an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients," according to a federal agency's investigation into two suicides at the hospital. ...more

August 22, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The second woman charged with killing her 47-year-old boyfriend in what authorities called a ménage a trois gone bad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today. ...more

July 10, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the death sentence appeal of a man convicted in the baseball bat slayings of six people over an Xbox video game system. ...more

May 5, 2008

Three weeks ago Wednesday, a mentally ill man walked away from a Sulphur Springs assisted-living facility. His relatives haven't heard from him since. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - More than a year ago, when Gary Wayne Fields wandered away from an assisted-living facility, his mother found him hours later, standing in front of a Wal-Mart. ...more

November 14, 2007

Untreated mental illness is a far more serious problem in our state than most people realize. The signs of untreated serious illnesses are very visible in our communities. All you have to do is visit a county jail or prison, sit in a courtroom for one day, walk through a downtown park or volunteer at a homeless shelter. ...more

September 18, 2007