She's only 12 and already is the mother to a baby girl, New Port Richey police say. ...more

August 16, 2008

She's only 12 and already the mother to a baby girl, New Port Richey police say. And investigators discovered the baby was conceived in a home in New Port Richey. A relative of the girl is the father, according to police. ...more

August 15, 2008

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy has decided two girls accused of causing $30,000 in damage to his home should be punished with a writing assignment instead of charges. ...more

August 1, 2008

There will be little fanfare when mental health court opens for the first time Thursday, no ribbon cutting, hearty handshakes or speeches. ...more

July 16, 2008

A Plant City woman is accused of taking her five children on a shoplifting trip to a Wal-Mart with her 13-year-old stepson and another woman, a police affidavit states. ...more

July 4, 2008

Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he persuaded a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine. ...more

July 4, 2008

Bill Jakob arrived in this small town with an offer to help police curb the community's methamphetamine problem. ...more

June 29, 2008

A year after Thomas Guth was released from federal prison in 2003, his lawyer told a judge in Chicago that he wanted to start a new life away from the city in Pueblo, Colo. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA – A year after Thomas Guth was released from federal prison in 2003, his lawyer told a judge in Chicago that he wanted to start a new life away from the city in Pueblo, Colo. The judge agreed to release Guth early from probation so he could move away with his then-15-year-old son. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA An elementary school secretary is facing dismissal after being charged with felony official misconduct because of unauthorized overtime, the school district said Tuesday. ...more

June 3, 2008