Lawyers said today that are close to hashing out a deal in the case of a Davis Islands teenager charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. ...more

September 2, 2009

A prosecutor has dropped a felony charge against Florida State receiver Richard Goodman that stemmed from a brawl in the student union last fall. ...more

July 30, 2009

A former band director pleaded guilty Thursday to a sexual relationship with a student. ...more

July 23, 2009

Current law says a former band director faces up to 45 years in prison for allegations that he engaged in sexual activity with a student. ...more

July 17, 2009

It will be until September before a new trial date will be set for Stephanie Ragusa. The former Davidsen Middle School teacher had been set to be tried Aug. 10 on charges of molesting two teenagers from the school. But defense attorney Robert Herce and Assistant State Attorney Rita Peters said today that there is still too much pretrial work remaining to meet that date. ...more

July 8, 2009

Brian Blair was charged with two counts of child abuse after a scuffle broke out between him and his two teenage sons on Father's Day, authorities said. ...more

July 2, 2009

The 43-year-old nurse's aide was in the front row as prosecutors made their final arguments against the man accused of raping her on Aug. 18, 2007. ...more

June 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday announced the appointment of Robert James Morris Jr. of Clearwater to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

June 6, 2009

A second defendant charged in the 2007 murder of Bryan "Red" Fanning now has an October trial date. ...more

May 22, 2009

Attorneys on both sides will return to Judge J. Michael Hunter's courtroom May 22 for the conclusion of the Spencer hearing for Joshua Lee Altersberger. ...more

May 9, 2009