Kathryn Varn

Gary Cannon held back tears when a Pinellas-Pasco judge sentenced him to life in prison in 2005. “Ain’t nothing been done right,” he said. “You got people lying left and right.”

There was DNA present in samples taken from 9-year-old Sharra Ferger’s body that doesn’t belong to her — or the men who were held responsible in her death, new testing shows.

The crash shut down the road’s eastbound lanes Sunday afternoon.

What Karla Bello endured in the Pinellas County jail is emblematic of the way transgender people are treated while incarcerated, say advocates for transgender rights.

Javarick Henderson Jr. is accused of fatally stabbing his grandmother in St. Petersburg. The adult criminal justice system will decide the child’s fate. Is there a better option?

In just her first few weeks leading the InterCultural Advocacy Institute and Hispanic Outreach Center, the mission came alive for Jaclyn Boland.

At a news conference Tuesday at Florida Hospital Orlando, 20-year-old Patience Carter hugged the medical team that treated her after she was shot multiple times during Sunday’s massacre.

Nina and Marvin Lancaster Jr. had their routine.

By Kathryn Varn