A medical helicopter carrying a 1-year-old patient crashed and burned in a wooded area of suburban Chicago overnight, killing all four aboard. The aircraft apparently clipped a radio tower, and authorities investigated Thursday whether the tower's lights had been on. ...more

October 17, 2008

Hillsborough County was a dominant force at Saturday's FSU Invitational in Tallahassee, with Jesuit winning the boys title and Sickles senior Derek Wehunt taking the individual title. ...more

September 28, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. ...more

September 23, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office reports that a gray van, which was used in two burglaries, was stolen from the New Life Way Church of Sebring. The suspects burglarized the Caddyshack Restaurant in Sebring where they took a safe and a plasma TV. ...more

September 22, 2008

Polk County deputies are seeking help finding Cosme Olay Ibay, a missing elderly man. ...more

September 12, 2008

Clayton Maxwell watched as his sister's boyfriend and four cohorts put bandannas across their faces then armed themselves with hammers and a gun, he testified Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

The defense tries to undercut a key witness in the trial of a man accused in a Plant City home invasion that killed one person. ...more

September 4, 2008

Three men were arrested Wednesday after each one exposed their genitals and masturbated in front of undercover deputies in mangroves north of Manatee Avenue, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 28, 2008

Police said a 23-year-old man charged in the rape of a 9-year-old boy might have abused other children in the Port Tampa area. ...more

August 20, 2008

Casey Weldon Till rear-ended a Toyota and attacked a family Sunday night in Haines City, killing a person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, Polk County deputies say. Investigators arrested Till, 26, at his Haines City home. ...more

August 18, 2008