The sheriff's finance director is the target of an in-house investigation after she wrecked her pickup over the weekend. ...more

July 15, 2008

Sheriff's employee wrecks truck, avoids sobriety tests, arrest. ...more

July 15, 2008

Code Enforcement Oxymoron There is a lot of talk in county government about the idea of combining some county agencies to help save money. Combining agencies, reducing top heavy management and getting workers to respond to the real needs of the county they serve is of the utmost importance, especially today. ...more

July 11, 2008

A woman who was facing more than $12,000 in fines for hoarding 33 animals at her Star Trail home has reached a settlement with the county. ...more

June 3, 2008

Police on Friday did not release the name of the woman hit by a HART bus Thursday because her relatives haven't been notified. ...more

May 31, 2008

A woman died Thursday evening after being hit by the same HART bus she had just exited at West Main Street and North Howard Avenue, Tampa police said. ...more

May 30, 2008

TAMPA -- Tampa police are investigating the deaths of two pedestrians killed in separate accidents this evening. One was a woman killed just after getting off a HART bus; the other was a man walking across Hillsborough Avenue this evening. ...more

May 29, 2008

AVON PARK - The city council heard some noise from a resident complaining about people blasting their stereos all over the city, and agreed that the existing noise ordinance wasn't enough to mute them. The council asked City Attorney Gerald Buhr and Police Chief Matthew Doughney to figure a way to increase the penalties for playing loud music, after Charles Devlin said that he could hear them across Lake Tulane most weekends. ...more

May 27, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Coast Guard is advising hotels and other businesses to make sure the captains of any charter boats the businesses sponsor are properly licensed. ...more

May 8, 2008

It Would Never Happen The recent passing of a new sign ordinance and the latest rash of "public control" citations issued by our code enforcement storm troopers have me thinking of times gone by. ...more

February 23, 2008