James Wright III, 29, likes the mean streets of his hometown exactly where they are, all the way across the country on California's coast. ...more

October 28, 2009

Newsome High No. 6 golfer Anthony Dillenburg shot a 39 Tuesday at Babe Zaharias as the Wolves took on Chamberlain and Tampa Prep. Usually a round under 40 strokes would, if nothing else, be enough to get a player into the team's top four scoring rounds, but not Tuesday. ...more

October 15, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, July 30 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

August 1, 2009

The Wharton boys 4x800-meter relay moved to No. 4 in the nation with its second-place showing at Saturday's Florida Relays in Gainesville. ...more

April 5, 2009

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April 1, 2009

A Winter Haven man was spared the death penalty today for his role in the 2006 slaying of a Polk County drug dealer. ...more

March 5, 2009

A 26-year-old man faces a possible death sentence after being convicted this afternoon on federal murder, robbery and drug charges in connection with the 2006 robbery of a Bartow drug house. ...more

March 3, 2009

Accused in the execution-style slaying of a Bartow drug dealer, Jermaine Michael Julian told investigators someone else was the gunman, according to evidence presented at his murder trial today. ...more

February 27, 2009

It was just before 9 p.m. when the doorbell rang. ...more

February 26, 2009

Jurors in a federal death penalty trial viewed photographs this morning of the scene of an execution-style slaying in a Bartow drug house in October 2006. ...more

February 25, 2009