SPRING HILL An employee at a doctor's office is accused of using her position to call in painkiller prescriptions for herself. ...more

September 24, 2009

Authorities say a plane with four people aboard has crashed in the Florida Everglades, with rescue teams finding no survivors. ...more

September 21, 2009

The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti, and police said Sunday the couple had a history of domestic violence calls to their homes over the past decade. ...more

September 20, 2009

The 5-year-old girl was wearing a nightgown and sneakers; the 2-year-old boy was clad only in a "very soiled diaper" and pajama shirt. ...more

September 17, 2009

PENSACOLA (AP) — Perdido Key firefighters say two Louisiana tourists drowned at a Pensacola beach and 11 swimmers were rescued. ...more

September 16, 2009

A Dade City man facing a first-degree murder charge in a 2007 shooting pleaded guilty this morning to second-degree murder. ...more

September 16, 2009

Lakeshore Mall should reconsider its decision to close its doors to unsupervised, under-aged teens. While the mall authorities are well within their means to kick out unruly and disruptive patrons, the discriminatory manner unfairly penalizes teenagers who have committed no infraction. ...more

September 14, 2009

Palm Beach authorities have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the theft of four monkeys and a parrot from the Palm Beach Zoo. ...more

September 13, 2009

A wife and husband were arrested Monday on charges their five children were living under deplorable conditions. Lisa Schohl, 34, and Steven Schohl Sr., 49, both of 12711 119th St., Largo, were each charged with five counts of child neglect, and each was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $25,000 bail. ...more

September 8, 2009

A Valrico man charged in the deaths of his two children will be held on $200,000 bail, a judge ordered today. ...more

September 8, 2009