Police Seek Leads In '04 Homicide Cold Case
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:28:45 -0700
Six years later, police are still searching for the man who abducted two women, one of whom died during their escape.
How Rick Scott ended up with the GOP nomination for governor
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:41 -0700
The ballroom at the Hilton in Altamonte Springs was all but empty when incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos ventured in to talk to the remaining reporters. It was not long after Attorney General Bill McCollum, whom Haridopolos supported in the Republican primary for governor, had told supporters that he was still waiting for all the votes to be counted after a bitter fight with health-care ...
Volusia County public records for Aug. 28, 2010
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:40:43 -0700
Courthouse COUNTY JAIL DOCKET (The following people were booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on felony charges yet to be proven in court.): Nicole M. Desantis, 37, Edgewater, grand theft; Cheryl Cornett Hodge, 45, New Smyrna Beach, forgery,...
Key witness in Lake Brantley High murder is missing
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:15:20 -0700
Daniel Katz was a paid confidential informant SANFORD The state's most important witness in the slaying of a Lake Brantley High School football player has disappeared, refuses to return to Florida and has told a prosecutor that his earlier testimony may have been filled with lies.
Rick Scott's win invokes fear among Tallahassee insiders, but Alex Sink is bigger worry
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:04:18 -0700
By Steve Bousquet, Mary Ellen Klas and Marc Caputo, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Now that hes won the primary, Rick Scott, left, may be the one who has to bring the Florida Republican Party together to defeat Democrat Alex Sink. ALTAMONTE SPRINGS For powerful Tallahassee insiders accustomed to winning, Rick Scott represents their worst fears. But they have an ...
Outsider Scott Upsets McCollum to Win Florida's GOP Primary
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:29:14 -0700
Rick Scott pulled off the primary upset of the night Tuesday, narrowly defeating Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor of Florida.
Bill McCollum concedes GOP governor's race but doesn't endorse Rick Scott
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:50:30 -0700
Bill McCollum conceded his loss in the Republican governor's primary early Wednesday morning without endorsing the victor, millionaire Rick Scott.
Newcomer Scott downs McCollum in GOP governor primary
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:15:46 -0700
Rick Scott pulled off his one-man political revolution Tuesday night, narrowly defeating Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor.
Rick Scott wins GOP governor primary
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:15:35 -0700
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS Health-care executive and health-care reform nemesis Rick Scott narrowly defeated Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night. With a deep sense of humility, Im here tonight to accept the Republican nomination for the office of governor of our great state of Florida, Scott said, proclaiming victory in a sentence that was interrupted by ...
Rick Scott wins tight GOP race for governor; Alex Sink wins Democratic nod
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:01:31 -0700
Rick Scott launched a one-man political revolution Tuesday night, defeating Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor.
Rick Scott wins tight GOP race for governor; Alex Sink wins Democratic nod
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:04:31 -0700
By Marc Caputo and Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink talks to supporters during a victory party at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel on Tuesday. FORT LAUDERDALE Rick Scott launched a one-man political revolution Tuesday night, defeating Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor ...
Rick Scott leads tight GOP race for governor; Alex Sink wins Democratic nod
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:17:12 -0700
By Marc Caputo and Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Rick Scott was on the verge of kickstarting a one-man political revolution Tuesday when he appeared close to overcoming the might of the Republican establishment, the special interests who dominate the Capitol and a longtime politician determined to tar his character. With 62 percent of precincts counted ...
Judge allows confession of suspected rapist
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:45:08 -0700
SANFORD A circuit court judge ruled today that prosecutors can use the taped confession of a man accused of raping a woman whom he said he was driving home after she was stranded on Interstate 4 last year.
Lawsuit blames Tampa youth soccer club for alleged molestation
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:45:00 -0700
Another former member of the Black Watch youth soccer club has sued the now-defunct club and the state organization that oversaw it, claiming they failed to stop a coach from molesting him.It is the third such lawsuit filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court over the alleged actions of then-team manager and benefactor William Burton during the 2003-04 season of the Black Watch Soccer Club's ...
South Brandon Hornets win baseball national championship
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:52:31 -0700
Two years ago manager Tony Saladino III and assistant coaches Jeff Borgen and Gary Delally gathered baseball-loving 8-year-old boys and started the South Brandon Hornets baseball team.
Health: New software to help doctors make diagnoses
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:25:46 -0700
Ever wonder if your doctor has come up with the correct diagnosis?
UCF student identified as one victim in murder-suicide
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:03:23 -0700
A UCF student was killed in the Orlando-area murder-suicide. The deaths of a young man and woman, discovered miles apart over the weekend, were a murder-suicide, Sheriff's investigators said Sunday.
Community Helping Family Who Lost Boy In Fire
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:21:27 -0700
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A little boy was killed in a Brevard County fire Tuesday and his mother was badly burned trying to save him. Five boys lived in that house and now the community is turning out to help them.
Investigators: Parents Beat, Starved Children
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:08:30 -0700
ALTAMONTE SPRINTS, Fla. -- Two Central Florida parents are accused of starving and beating their own children with a paddle if they didnt obey orders.
Seminole parents accused of torturing adopted children
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:41:40 -0700
Children told Seminole investigators they sometimes ate food from the trash to survive. Six months after they were adopted in a highly publicized ceremony in Orlando, a 6-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother were removed from a south Seminole County home this week and a day later their adoptive parents were arrested, accused of torturing them.