Sometimes we get the government we deserve. Case in point: Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson, who couldn't count all the votes Tuesday night, even with his own re-election bid hanging in the balance. ...more

November 6, 2008

10:37 a.m.: Clerks in at least three Hillsborough County voting precincts have failed to hand out the second page of ballots, leaving voters unable to vote on all the measures, Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson said. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:50 a.m.: A steady stream of voters carrying absentee ballots continues to file into the Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:50 a.m.: Fifteen roving tech teams are awaiting calls at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office on Falkenburg Road in case any of the county precincts report trouble. But so far this morning all has gone smoothly. ...more

November 4, 2008

SEBRING Bob Germaine wants to bring the services offered through the Highlands County Clerk of Courts to the people, as opposed to the other way around. ...more

October 18, 2008

Visualize living in the South in 1862. It's time to kill a hog or cow in order to feed your family. Just finding an animal to kill is a challenge - Yankees have been stealing your livestock to feed their invading army. ...more

October 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A Land O' Lakes man was arrested late Friday after he scammed a local department store out of more than $450 in merchandise, Pasco sheriff's deputies said. ...more

September 21, 2008

A Land O' Lakes man was arrested late Friday after he scammed a local department store out of more than $450 in merchandise, Pasco sheriff's deputies said. ...more

September 20, 2008

In lackluster economic times, not even postal workers enjoy much of a security envelope. ...more

August 21, 2008

Pasco deputies and Port Richey police officers arrested a 70-year-old man they say robbed two banks in five days. Joseph A. Bender of 7311 Ingleside Drive, Port Richey, was arrested at the Travel Inn at 7532 U.S. 19 in New Port Richey on Tuesday afternoon, after his car was spotted in the parking lot, officials say. At 9 a.m. Friday, according to authorities, Bender walked into the Colonial Bank at 9431 U.S. 19 outside Port Richey city limits, handed a teller a note that stated he had a bomb, and demanded cash. After getting the money, according to a probable cause affidavit, he took off. After his photo was released to the media, deputies received phone calls about the suspect's possible identity. Detectives prepared a suspect photo pack and clerks identified Bender as the bank robber, a report states ...more

August 20, 2008