Three times more Floridians died from prescription pill abuse last year than from a fatal overdose of an illegal drug. ...more

June 22, 2008

Three times more Floridians died from prescription pill abuse last year than from a fatal overdose of an illegal drug. ...more

June 21, 2008

Detectives are hoping to reunite more owners with their stolen goods, beginning today, when they will display a 200-page catalog of some of the items they say were recovered from the home of Lisa Anne Williams, 28, of Land O' Lakes. Authorities say she is "The Lunchtime Bandit." ...more

June 18, 2008

On graduation day in 1993 at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Wendy Spriggs was bestowed two things she thought she would hold onto forever: her bachelor's degree and an engraved class ring from her father. ...more

June 18, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - On graduation day in 1993 at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Wendy Spriggs was bestowed two things she thought she would hold onto forever: her bachelor's degree and a specially engraved class ring from her father. ...more

June 17, 2008

Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. ...more

May 21, 2008

If you're middle-aged, you're more likely to be accidentally killed or injured by prescription drugs than by a car crash. If you're in high school, one in 10 of your classmates has abused powerful pain medication. ...more

May 19, 2008

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. ...more

May 9, 2008

The suspect in an attempted pharmacy robbery in Seminole was arrested this afternoon after the owner locked the man in the store. ...more

February 25, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County sheriff's detectives are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a drugstore just before 1:30 today. ...more

February 25, 2008