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Published: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:06 a.m. BARTOW When jurors today begin hearing the wrongful death lawsuit against condemned murderer Nelson Ivan Serrano, ...

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STARKE, Fla. -- The family of Junny Ruis-Martinez waited 17 years to hear this statement from a Florida State Prison Spokesperson, "T he State of Florida has carried out the sentence against Mark Dean Schwab.

A man accused of raping and killing an 11-year-old faces execution at Florida State Prison near Starke.

Death looms in Florida STARKE -- Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution.

A typical day for the condemned Life for the 388 inmates on Death Row is noticeably different from life for other state prisoners.

STARKE, Fla. - Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested tomorrow when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution.

Florida is preparing for its first execution in almost 18 months Tuesday. Thirty-nine-year-old Mark Dean Schwab is scheduled to die from lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the rape and murder of ...

Two people were arrested after a chase Wednesday evening over the roads and through a swampy area of Bradford County that required a rescue of a Department of Corrections K-9 team.

Fisherman in Indian River County survived a bolt of lightning Monday, a few days after a 6-year-old girl in the Panhandle was struck and killed while standing beneath a tree.

Two Shands Live Oak employees traveled with dozens of their Shands HealthCare colleagues to Orlando recently to accept the prestigious Governor's Sterling Award for 2008.

A Starke man died early Sunday, several hours after his motorcycle ran off the side of a Clay County road, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

A 27-year-old Starke man died after his motorcycle overturned on Florida 16 east of Lightning Strike Road around 8 p.m. Saturday.

Melissa Etheridge calls her Revival Tour a journey using the songs from her latest CD.

Starke has been sold on a state-of-the-art sewage treatment process, but not every city official is pleased about adding to the city's debt.

Downtown is the focus of the city of Starke's electric conversion project next week, with a number of businesses impacted by scheduled power outages in the morning hours.

Stephanie Kopelousos' father, and her grandfather before him, ran a well-known eatery in Starke called The Garden Restaurant, memorable for the pecan tree that grew right through the middle of it.

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $54,281.15 each, the Florida Lottery said Friday.

At approximately 11 a.m. on May 22, the Starke Police Department in conjunction with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office arrested Stevie Desue Jr.

Anne Kraft has been an actor for as long as she can remember. Since the age of four, the St.