Florida coach Urban Meyer said after Friday night's practice that DE Carlos Dunlap, who was suspended from the SEC Championship Game after being arrested earlier that week on a DUI charge, has gotten the OK from school officials to play in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl. ...more

December 19, 2009

Twenty months after Robert Wiles was kidnapped, the FBI said today that the Lakeland man is dead and his killer is in custody. ...more

December 18, 2009

James Bernard Bain, free of steel bars and having to stare at the outside world through chain link and concertina wire, stood outside the Polk County Courthouse on Thursday morning, wrapped in the warmth of freedom. ...more

December 18, 2009

If a judge sets him free today after 35 years in prison, the first thing Jamie Bernard Bain plans to do is pay his respects at his stepfather's grave. ...more

December 17, 2009

After almost 9 1/2 hours of deliberation Tuesday, jurors decided they needed some sleep before determining whether Deneilo Bradshaw fatally shot confidential drug informant Rachel Hoffman in a botched drug sting. ...more

December 16, 2009

A man whom new evidence shows might have been wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years could become a free man in less than two days. ...more

December 16, 2009

A man whom new evidence shows might have been wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years could become a free man in less than 48 hours. ...more

December 15, 2009

County finds no Sunshine Law violations; state won't investigate. ...more

December 10, 2009

Mohammad Nasir Uddin had just upgraded the video surveillance system at his convenience store, in all likelihood to enhance the security there in the event he was robbed. ...more

December 8, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw and Andrea Green spent a frenzied night trying to hide evidence and evade authorities after they shot and killed Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting, according to testimony and opening statements in Bradshaw's trial Monday. ...more

December 8, 2009