Two people are dead after a man shot a woman at the Sarasota county administration building in Venice this afternoon, then later was shot to death by police, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 23, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino and the Pasco County School Board remain at odds over plans for a new administration building for the district. ...more

October 28, 2009

A third teen has been arrested Thursday in connection with a burglary at River Ridge High School. ...more

March 27, 2009

Two River Ridge High School juniors were arrested Tuesday in connection with a March 14 burglary of the school. Cameron Tortarelli and Anthony Dickens, both 17, are charged with armed burglary, grand theft, trespassing on school property and criminal mischief. Dickens also is charged with throwing a missile into a public building. A third boy, 17, had not been arrested as of Wednesday ...more

March 25, 2009

The city of Avon Park has big plans for its municipal airport. Next month is the grand opening of the Fixed Based Operator (FBO) Administration Building. ...more

March 3, 2009

PLANT CITY The International Softball Federation has gone international in a big way. The federation, based in Plant City, recently opened its first European office, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The office will form the hub for the development of the sport in Europe and help garner closer contact with the International Olympic Committee and international sport federation colleagues. ...more

February 26, 2009

Deputies have one more weapon against DUI offenders: A newish mobile DUI enforcement unit. ...more

February 12, 2009

Deputies have one more weapon against DUI offenders: A newish mobile DUI enforcement unit. The trailer isn't exactly new - nearly two decades old - but the onetime Crime Prevention Unit has been repurposed as the DUI Enforcement Mobile Unit. The $30,000 transformation was funded in part by a $16,000 grant from Pasco's Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, known as ASAP. The remaining $14,000 used to spruce up and outfit the once moldy trailer came from the Pasco Sheriff's Office's federal forfeiture funds. "Thanks to the drug dealers of Pasco County we were able to furbish this and finish out the grant," Pasco Sheriff Bob White said today, smiling outside his administration building. "Everyone plays a role in this." ...more

February 11, 2009

Highlands County Commissioners have spent $873,000 for architectural plans to build a new administration building for the sheriff's office on George Boulevard, just north of U.S. 27 and State Road 66. ...more

February 8, 2009

Pinellas County school officials this morning are expected to discuss and likely vote on unpopular cuts to their budget for the 2009-2010 school year. Faced with a need to slash $69 million to $82 million, they have acknowledged drastic action is the only way to balance the financial numbers. ...more

January 13, 2009