Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain tonight to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding. ...more

November 9, 2009

A 20-month-old girl who sheriff's investigators reported sustained severe injuries Sunday at the hands of Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III, 32, of Sebring, was still in "very critical condition," according to Sheriff's Sgt. Darin Hood on Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

James Selke says it should have been a warning sign when Jabos Marine Construction owner John Clement reportedly required a $2,000 deposit before starting construction of a new seawall at a Lake Placid man's home recently. ...more

February 12, 2009

The turmoil surrounding the economy with bailouts, foreclosures and businesses closing, ...more

December 1, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season ends today and passes with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea have a different view. ...more

November 30, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday and will pass with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea, however, would have a different view of this year's season. For the third year in a row, Florida escaped a hurricane. Only Tropical Storm Fay hit – again and again – though West Central Florida saw little of the torrential rain Fay hosed on the rest of the state. ...more

November 28, 2008

Hernando County families can start thinking about last-minute changes to holiday plans. ...more

November 19, 2008

With the 2008 hurricane season coming to a close on Nov. 30, Superintendent of Schools Wally Cox has recommended not making up the one day schools were closed due to Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

November 18, 2008

ORLANDO — California bounty hunter Leonard Padilla will help search for Caylee Anthony, who disappeared earlier this year when she was 2 years old. ...more

October 18, 2008

again and again. ...more

October 7, 2008