DESOTO COUNTY, Fla — It seems like the sounds of construction trucks and machinery are everywhere in DeSoto County right now. It's because the community is undergoing a major new housing boom. Why?

An inmate who escaped from the DeSoto County courthouse last week walked out in shower shoes and asked a stranger for a ride, the county’s sheriff said Wednesday. An inmate who escaped from the ...

Below is the original of this story: A DeSoto County inmate who escaped from a courthouse last summer is expected to be in court Friday for a pretrial conference. Joshua Zimmerman, charged with ...