"Border Songs" by Jim Lynch (Knopf, $26) Brandon Vanderkool's name may be difficult to remember, but his character will be unforgettable to readers of this marvelously crafted (and charmingly amusing) novel about attempts to secure the seemingly benign border between British Columbia and Washington state. ...more

December 13, 2009

Five charged with drug trafficking ...more

December 9, 2009

Gaelan Schuyler Clark answered the door at his Redington Beach home this afternoon and found Pinellas County sheriff's detectives serving him a search warrant. ...more

April 30, 2009

Three men. Hundreds of marijuana plants. One big bust. ...more

March 26, 2009

Law and Order briefs. ...more

February 25, 2009

A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Lutz man accused of growing marijuana in his home, finding that state troopers illegally searched the home after a traffic stop. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Palmetto man was charged with growing marijuana in his residence after his daughter told a school resource officer about the plants, the Manatee Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 9, 2009

Information from a confidential source led to the Sunday arrest of two neighbors charged with growing marijuana. ...more

January 7, 2009

A Lakeland man was arrested today, accused of growing marijuana at his animal boarding business, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 9, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested three people at a house in Old Seminole Heights on Wednesday after finding a book on growing marijuana at the house and 25 pounds of the drug, they said. ...more

June 12, 2008