Investigation

Seven Amber Alerts remain active in Florida

In the spring of 2023, Cape Coral resident Tammy King went to a doctor’s office in nearby St. James City, hoping to refill her prescriptions for medication to treat her ADHD. Instead she was roughed up by Lee County sheriff’s deputies and wrongfully forced into a mental facility, according to a federal lawsuit filed on her behalf.

If Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno were to leave or be removed from office, there are lawmen who could be considered frontrunners to replace him.

uring his 2024 campaign, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister received $50,000 from what might seem an unlikely source – a political committee tied to embattled Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, who is now the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into alleged money laundering and other crimes.Chronister, who was nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to head the DEA last week before quickly dropping out, obtained the money from the Friends of Carmine Marceno political committee despite the fact he had little opposition to his re-election. At the time of the donation, his only opponent was Democrat Gary Pruitt, who in 2020 raised little money and lost to Chronister by 19 points. Ultimately, Pruitt did not qualify and Chronister ran unopposed.So why the large donation?

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital has a reputation as being one of the best children’s hospitals in Florida.

In late June, five workers at TECO's Big Bend power station in Apollo Beach were gravely injured in an accident. Two died that day, three others later...

The Police Foundation is a national nonprofit tasked with improving policing through research, innovation, and science, and it may soon be offering help…

Southwest Florida has seen two well-publicized small plane crashes into buildings or onto city streets in recent weeks. With another fatal crash in the…

The FBI is investigating Tallahassee’s Community Redevelopment Agency, while questions of cronyism swirl around city hall. The state’s CRAs missed the...

In May the University of South Florida and Pasco County dedicated a new outdoor forensic training facility, referred to by some as a “body farm,” to help…