The county's embattled former fleet department manager, Jack Stepongzi, received a scathing job performance review on his last evaluation in June and was warned of termination if he didn't improve. ...more

November 4, 2009

The state attorney's office and the sheriff's department are conducting a joint investigation into the activities of the county's fleet department, a move prompted by an expose of alleged kickbacks published by Hernando Today. ...more

November 4, 2009

The state attorney's office and the sheriff's department are conducting a joint investigation into the activities of Hernando County's fleet department, a move prompted by an expose of alleged kickbacks published by Hernando Today. ...more

November 3, 2009

He is conducting internal probe of his company. ...more

October 30, 2009

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to develop a nationwide investigation with his counterparts in 35 other states to root out what he calls corruption and abuse of public workers' pension funds nationwide, a state official said. ...more

May 2, 2009

Donald L. Johnson of Holiday dismisses federal stimulus as a "pork-barrel Dumb-ocrat bill." ...more

February 18, 2009

President George W. Bush knows he's unpopular. ...more

December 17, 2008

A Pinellas County physician has been charged with illegally selling drugs he obtained by writing prescriptions in his patients' names without their knowledge. ...more

November 21, 2008

They huddled in a quiet corner at the US Airways lounge at Ronald Reagan National Airport, sipping bottomless cups of coffee as they plotted to turn America's missile defense program into a personal cash machine. ...more

October 12, 2008

A former employee has filed a lawsuit accusing U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan of falsifying business documents in the operation of a Venice car dealership. ...more

August 4, 2008