A 3-month-old baby died Saturday after an ambulance was sent to a home in Englewood instead of the correct address in Sarasota, leading to an internal investigation by Sarasota County 911 officials. ...more

February 4, 2009

This week the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Vicky Crawford vs. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. ...more

January 30, 2009

More Getting Free Lunch The percentage of Pasco County students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals is on the rise and expected to top 50 percent by the end of February. ...more

January 18, 2009

Former Zephyrhills Police Chief Russell Barnes, who resigned amid a payroll scandal in August, has applied for a job as a patrol deputy with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 15, 2009

Former Zephyrhills Police Chief Russell Barnes, who resigned amid a payroll scandal in August, has applied for a job as a patrol deputy with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Barnes, 56, applied online for the job in December. "We don't comment on applicants," sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said. Barnes did not return a message seeking comment. He resigned from the Zephyrhills force in August, about an hour before the city council was to decide whether to fire him. He was hired in November 2003. ...more

January 14, 2009

An Alabama police officer is on paid leave after shooting a man who allegedly used racial epithets and threatened him with a knife outside a Florida bar, police said. ...more

December 28, 2008

No criminal charges will be pressed against the deputy who fatally shot a Spring Hill man on Oct. 21. ...more

December 17, 2008

A former employee of the Brooksville Police Department made a case to get his job back Thursday, three months after he was fired for allegedly using his position to get out of a speeding ticket. ...more

December 5, 2008

Tarpon Springs Police Department Lt. Barbara Templeton says it may take another month for detectives to finish their investigation of an officer suspended in November over allegations he had inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old high school student. ...more

December 1, 2008

A Tarpon Springs police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate whether he inappropriately touched a high school girl. ...more

November 13, 2008