After grow houses are raided in the Tampa Bay area, marijuana is typically bagged in brown paper and stored as evidence at law enforcement warehouses. ...more

May 14, 2009

After grow houses are raided in the Tampa Bay area, marijuana is typically bagged in brown paper and stored as evidence at law enforcement warehouses. ...more

May 13, 2009

Mark Landon, an actor and eldest son of "Little House on the Prairie" star Michael Landon, was found dead Monday at his home. He was 60. ...more

May 12, 2009

A Florida corrections officer has been fired after zapping children with 50,000 volts of electricity during a "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" tour. ...more

May 2, 2009

The body of a 17-year-old Mississippi student who apparently drowned was found in a beach area of Northwest Florida. ...more

April 28, 2009

Hernando Beach brush fire is growing, moving west ...more

April 25, 2009

Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

Thirty-four convenience and grocery store employees must appear in court after they sold alcohol to underage customers last week, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 15, 2009

BARTOW — A central Florida jury has recommended the death sentence for a 21-year-old man who killed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. Sgt. Nick Sottile was fatally shot during a traffic stop near Lake Placid in 2007. Joshua Lee Altersberger pleaded guilty last month to first degree murder. ...more

April 3, 2009

Imagine being Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney. He's been on the job 10 months and he's watched his department come apart piece by piece, and none of it is his fault. ...more

April 1, 2009