If a judge sets him free Thursday morning after 35 years in prison, the first thing Jamie Bernard Bain plans to do is pay his respects at his stepfather's grave. ...more

December 16, 2009

After almost 9 1/2 hours of deliberation Tuesday, 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

A man whom new evidence shows might have been wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years could become a free man in less than two days. ...more

December 16, 2009

A man whom new evidence shows might have been wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years could become a free man in less than 48 hours. ...more

December 15, 2009

County finds no Sunshine Law violations; state won't investigate. ...more

December 10, 2009

Mohammad Nasir Uddin had just upgraded the video surveillance system at his convenience store, in all likelihood to enhance the security there in the event he was robbed. ...more

December 8, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw and Andrea Green spent a frenzied night trying to hide evidence and evade authorities after they shot and killed Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting, according to testimony and opening statements in Bradshaw's trial Monday. ...more

December 8, 2009

Prosecutors have dropped two of the four rape charges against a former Walker Middle School student accused along with three schoolmates of using a broomstick and hockey stick to sodomize a student in a locker room. ...more

December 1, 2009

Jury selection was supposed to start Monday in the trial of Highlands County inmate Terrence Barnett, but it had nothing to do with his connection to the death of Polk County Detention Sgt. Ronnie Brown. ...more

November 28, 2009

It happened in an instant. One second, she was driving, the next a woman's body slammed off her hood. ...more

November 25, 2009