Since Sumter County folded its emergency management operations into the sheriff's office about 10 years ago, the arrangement has been "working perfectly," said Judd Wright, director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Department. ...more

November 27, 2008

Settle down, supporters of President-elect Barack Obama. The headline above is not a prediction of what the Obama administration, backed by a solidly Democratic Congress, will accomplish. We've learned from decades of political observing not to place much value in the campaign promises of presidential candidates. They haven't help much when trying to predict what they will do once in the Oval Office. ...more

November 8, 2008

There are two qualified candidates running to replace the retiring Pasco County Clerk of Circuit Court. It won't be easy for either candidate to fill the shoes of Jed Pittman, who's been in office for more than three decades. ...more

October 22, 2008

Bob Germaine, 57, said if he's elected, he won't be a one-term clerk. He's been working in the office for 36 years and is Luke Brooker's chief deputy on the criminal courts side. ...more

October 12, 2008

Expecting to sell O.J. Simpson collectibles to a wealthy buyer in a hotel room here, memorabilia dealer Bruce Fromong was instead shoved, patted down and threatened with a gun by associates of the former college and professional football star, Fromong testified Monday. ...more

September 16, 2008

A Pinellas Sheriff's deputy resigned amid allegations he had made defamatory remarks about the sheriff and chief deputy on an intra-agency Web site, according to a sheriff's memorandum released this morning. ...more

September 3, 2008

The clerk of the circuit court may have the most responsibility of any elected official. The office is responsible for filing and recording official documents and court records, as well as conducting audits, managing the jury system, providing courtroom clerks, storing evidence, collecting fines and investing county funds, to name just a few duties. ...more

August 5, 2008

EMPLOYEES CAN'T USE TOBACCO AT WORK OR HOME ...more

July 12, 2008

Twenty-five Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are to lose their jobs as of Aug. 8, but all they have to do to land a job elsewhere is look across Tampa Bay. ...more

July 11, 2008

LARGO - Twenty-five Pinellas sheriff's deputies are to lose their jobs as of Aug. 8, but all they have to do to land a job elsewhere is look across Tampa Bay. ...more

July 10, 2008