Authorities say two sets of stop sticks were needed to end a high-speed chase on U.S. 27 Thursday night that began after Highlands County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a man battering his elderly parents. ...more

December 5, 2009

At the end of Thursday's wake, Juan Martinez and his wife, Rosalina Ramirez, stood in front of the open casket where their 2-year-old son lay. ...more

December 4, 2009

A Brandon woman was arrested Thursday morning for burglarizing four cars on a block, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office records show. ...more

December 4, 2009

An Auburndale man remained in Highlands County Jail Tuesday under an $80,000 bond after his Monday arrest for allegedly breaking into homes in the area near Hartt and Arbuckle Creek roads. ...more

December 3, 2009

A 46-year-old Land O' Lakes man has been accused of setting his own house on fire. Pasco County sheriff's deputies say David Wayne Cox, of 4151 Gerry Lane, used a cigarette lighter Saturday to intentionally spark fires on the first and second floors of his home. ...more

November 30, 2009

The following people were being sought by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on active warrants as of Thursday, Nov. 26. ...more

November 30, 2009

A Lake Placid man allegedly struck his 69-year-old mother-in-law several times and locked all her clothes, a laptop and phone wires in his bedroom after a Monday morning argument. ...more

November 28, 2009

Tammy Taylor, 43, of Avon Park, was arrested Monday on a warrant charging her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. ...more

November 28, 2009

An armed intruder who authorities say broke into a home late Thanksgiving Day night and held residents at gunpoint, remained in jail this morning, held without bail. ...more

November 27, 2009

A man was arrested Tuesday night after police say he stabbed another person in the leg following an argument at an Avon Park bar. ...more

November 27, 2009