Relatives were looking for Dion Travis White today, concerned about the timing of his disappearance: His stepbrother had been discovered tied up and shot to death Saturday morning at the Lakeland home the two men shared. They found White this morning. His body was hidden under some bushes near the home and Polk County sheriff's detectives are treating the death as a homicide. ...more

June 15, 2008

in the aftermath of his son's notorious no-contest plea for reckless driving - Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) let it be known that teenager Nick was nicer than the way he portrayed himself on the reality TV show "Hogan Knows Best." In fact, Bollea revealed - in contrast to what he had said previously - that much of what passed for the inane dynamics of "reality" was, in actuality, scripted. ...more

June 6, 2008

When Byron Simmons showed up at a little league game in February to watch his 10-year-old son play, he volunteered to act as an umpire when one failed to show. What the staff didn't know was that Simmons was a convicted sexual offender. ...more

May 30, 2008

HAINES CITY - Thanks in part to some attentive citizens, Haines City police say they've arrested an Orlando man responsible for up to 10 bank robberies across Central Florida. For now, Christopher Eugene Floyd, 29, has been charged in one Haines City robbery and two Lake County robberies. But he's a suspect in 10 robberies, stretching from Melbourne to Lakeland, starting in late March. ...more

May 29, 2008

Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds. ...more

May 25, 2008

A convicted killer faces a new murder charge after the severed limbs of a South Florida jeweler were found in trash bins throughout a Miami suburb. ...more

May 9, 2008

TAMPA – The former human resources director for Cone Constructors was sentenced this morning to three years in federal prison for conspiring with Michael Cone to commit bankruptcy fraud. ...more

May 6, 2008

In notes to her mother and sister, Deborah Jeane Palfrey expressed love and regret for any embarrassment her life might have caused. ...more

May 5, 2008

TAMPA - Police are seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted in the Feb. 13 fatal shooting of another man in the Sulphur Springs area. ...more

February 22, 2008

Ask and you shall receive in Lenawee County Circuit Court. A man who pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery faced no more than a year in the county jail, but asked to be sent to prison instead to help his chances of rehabilitation. ...more

February 10, 2008