LAND O' LAKES - A new policy intended to enhance security and reduce costs will restrict what mail is delivered to Pasco County jail inmates, the sheriff's office has announced. ...more

March 15, 2009

Michael Vick lives in a prison in Kansas, making 12 cents an hour while plotting his return to the NFL. His houses and farms will soon be gone, the two yachts are history, and he's down to his last couple of Range Rovers. ...more

November 18, 2008

To some, Veterans Day means a day of relaxation. It means more to Army Lt. Col. James Botters, a professor of military science and leadership at the University of South Florida. ...more

November 12, 2008

When Nick Bollea celebrated his 18th birthday with a new place to live in the Pinellas County Jail. ...more

July 27, 2008

What better time to talk about this fantastic country than during its celebration of independence? The Fourth of July is more than a mere holiday; it is a celebration of our freedom. If Las Vegas had been around at that time, we would have had odds of about 10,000 to 1 of winning. We were facing the most powerful country in the world - the English Empire. How could we possibly win? ...more

July 12, 2008

What better time to talk about this fantastic country than during its celebration of independence? ...more

July 11, 2008

About 50 employees of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office are making a difference for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan - one check at a time. ...more

June 7, 2008

A construction official convicted of accepting a kickback is asking a judge to let him 'pay for my mistake in a constructive manner' by serving his 18-month federal prison sentence working on an Indian reservation in Georgia. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - A construction official convicted of accepting a kickback is asking a judge to let him "pay for my mistake in a constructive manner" by serving his 18-month federal prison sentence working on an Indian reservation in Georgia. Joel R. Velasco, who accepted a $63,000 kickback as manager of a $20 million project at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center, wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday asking that his sentence be modified to allow him to work on the reservation. ...more

October 30, 2007