Mims News

Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. MULBERRY An 18-year-old Mulberry man is in critical condition today in Tampa General Hospital after being injured while trying to steal copper wire from an electrical transformer, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

For years, James Bain insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister when a 9-year-old boy was kidnapped and raped.

A Mims man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck.

Troopers are investigating a crash in Brevard County that killed a motorcyclist.

Convicted murderer Justin Heyne finds out this week whether a judge will follow a jury's recommendation to sentence him to the death penalty.

Crisafulli's loyalties lie with businesses After reading Sunday's guest column, 'Bad deal for Florida,' by State Rep.

It wasn't the candy that 6-year-old Hailey Sanders and her brother were fighting over - it was the umbrella.

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Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:53 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:56 a.m. TITUSVILLE A woman accused of attacking a police officer was arrested the next day after authorities say she tried to ram a patrol car and led deputies on a short foot chase.

Historic downtown Milton will come alive with holiday decorations, creativity, and good cheer Friday, Dec.

A 31-year-old woman who allegedly tried to ram a Titusville police car with her car Sunday night was arrested in Mims about 5:30 p.m. after a pursuit, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.

Harriette Moore carries Evangeline and Harry Moore holds Annie 'Peaches' in this 1930s-era photo.

Firefighters in Brevard County are working to contain a brush fire near Mims on Tuesday.

The burned body of a woman was found in her mobile home at the KOA campground in Mims Monday morning, authorities reported.

Brevard County Sheriff's agents are investigating the discovery of a burned body in a Mims residence, officials say.

A Mims man charged in a plot to smuggle a gun into the Brevard County Detention Center will spend four years on probation after striking a plea bargain with prosecutors.

Rep. Grayson's 'behavior unseemly' We, the people of the great state of Florida, would like to apologize to the other 434 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and to the 100 members of the U.S. Senate for sending to Washington as a member of the House, the most unqualified, crude, rude and divisive individual.

The Florida Highway Patrol reports that one person is dead following a one-car accident along southbound lanes of Interstate 95.

T he daughter of Harry and Harriette Moore can soon go home again. A replica of Evangeline Moore's parents' Mims home -- destroyed in the Christmas night bombing that killed the Moores in 1951 -- will be finished this month, a due tribute to the heroic civil rights leaders whose murder has never been officially solved.

Water -- and its constant state of flux -- often tops discussions about long-term plans for the 59,000 acres Miami Corp.