Darryl Rouson is standing for election four times this year to win the same office, the state House seat from District 55. ...more

October 19, 2008

TAMPA - Two men who spent 421/2 years in prison between them for crimes they didn't commit said faith in religion and family got them through the harrowing reality of life behind bars. ...more

October 9, 2008

A 13-year-old Avon Park Middle School student was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice after she reportedly kicked and hit a school official. ...more

September 26, 2008

An employee with the Department of Juvenile Justice was arrested today on charges he text-messaged obscene and nude pictures of himself to a 14-year-old girl who had been in a juvenile detention center, according to Gulfport police. ...more

September 24, 2008

No one injured in two-vehicle crash. ...more

September 23, 2008

A two-car crash took a strange turn Saturday afternoon when a teenager climbed out of the trunk of one of the vehicles involved, deputies say. ...more

September 23, 2008

Police and Highlands County Sheriff's deputies teamed up Tuesday in the area of Lake Tulane, searching for a juvenile suspect who jumped out of a Department of Juvenile Justice van. ...more

September 10, 2008

Police and Highlands County Sheriff's Deputies joined in the search Tuesday in the area of Lake Tulane, for a juvenile suspect who jumped out of a Department of Juvenile Justice van. ...more

September 9, 2008

A 15-year-old Sebring High School boy was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday after sheriff's investigators say he was caught in school with marijuana for distribution and then escaped out of the D.A.R.E. van and was recaptured. ...more

August 30, 2008

With its emphasis on academic achievement and cultivating positive attitudes, the Youth Environmental Services program has been trying to lead young men down the right path and away from a life of crime since its inception in 1994. ...more

August 27, 2008