A 28-year-old Florida woman has been charged with drowning her newborn daughter in a toilet last month. ...more

December 11, 2009

Hernando County eighth- to 12-graders can win $300 by creating an 8.5 by 11 inch poster with an anti-violence theme. ...more

December 10, 2009

Attorneys on both sides need additional time, so a continuance was granted Tuesday in the case against Jennifer Short, the mother of deceased 22-month-old Kaedyn Short. ...more

December 9, 2009

The state will not prosecute a woman accused of inappropriately disciplining four children at the day care center she ran. ...more

November 19, 2009

The parents of a boy who suffered brain injuries in 2007 are suing the day care providers they blame for his disabilities. ...more

November 6, 2009

One photograph shows a beautiful baby girl with a fat, happy face. Another shows a dead 5-month-old with sunken eyes. She weighed 6 pounds. Her autopsy showed no body fat. ...more

November 4, 2009

One photograph shows a beautiful baby girl with a fat, happy face. Another shows a dead 5-month-old with sunken eyes. She weighed 6 pounds. Her autopsy showed no body fat. ...more

November 3, 2009

A grand jury is calling it murder. David McBurnett Jr., 19, was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, Hunter Morris. The child, who suffered internal bleeding, a rib fracture and "numerous contusions," died in the hospital on Sept. 12. ...more

October 3, 2009

A 21-year-old Tampa woman wildly fired a handgun three to four times in the direction of her brother-in-law and nieces this morning, Hillsborough deputies say. ...more

September 25, 2009

A 34-year-old Riverview man has been charged with child abuse after investigators say he beat his daughter with a belt and shaved her head for misbehaving. ...more

September 19, 2009