Jurors were of two opinions Monday about the weight of the evidence against men accused of propositioning a prostitute. ...more

November 18, 2008

BROOKSVILLE - A woman awakened by barking dogs Thursday morning interrupted a suspected burglar who bolted out the door and escaped in a pickup but was later caught, a report shows. ...more

November 15, 2008

Police say they seized four ounces of methamphetamine Thursday during one of two arrests near Laurenwood Mobile Home Park. ...more

November 8, 2008

At least two e-mails are spreading false information on the Internet about a serial rapist who supposedly carjacked and raped three women last week in northeast St. Petersburg, police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

Leon Davis, accused of killing five people in Polk County in 2007, appeared in court this morning for the first time as his own attorney. ...more

October 16, 2008

Thirty-two men looking for a good time found themselves on the wrong side of the law last week. ...more

September 17, 2008

A sign still standing at a former Brooksville filling station traps fuel prices in time. ...more

August 4, 2008

A lone gunman covered in black garments took an undisclosed amount of money in a convenience story robbery Saturday evening, similar to Tuesday's Taylor BP station robbery. ...more

July 14, 2008

Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his 7-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better. ...more

June 20, 2008

Detectives are looking for several people who together siphoned 400 gallons of diesel fuel from a Lake Alfred gas station on June 12. Deputies say a pickup truck and three large rigs pulled up to the BP station, 6600 County Road 557, and several people got out over the underground storage tanks pretending to repair the pickup, said Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers. ...more

June 20, 2008