Monday night, Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board members John Tarapani and William Vinson wisely chose to honor a request from a Wal-Mart attorney that they not take part in the board's deliberations on proposed changes in the development for the retailer's proposed store on U.S. 19. Tarapani and Vinson are on record as opposed to Wal-Mart's plans to one of its giant retail complexes adjacent to the Anclote River. ...more

September 27, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH A St. Petersburg lawyer was arrested late Thursday on charges of drunken driving and possession of cocaine, Pinellas County Jail records show. ...more

September 26, 2008

Sebring Police released the statement on Wednesday that Commissioner Barbara Stewart typed and had notarized after she got into an argument Sept. 16 with Sheriff Susan Benton. According to Stewart, she was in her automobile and backing out when Benton's personal vehicle pulled behind her. "Thus, this auto prevented me from backing out of my space." ...more

September 24, 2008

Cody Fowler Davis was on hand to sign copies of his new novel, "Implied Consent," on Sept. 16 at Barnes & Noble, 213 N. Dale Mabry Highway. The courtroom thriller brings back his Anderson Parker character, a good-natured lawyer who once again must lock horns with rival Justin Cartwright III. ...more

September 24, 2008

I am not a Republican. Let me say something about the Democrats. When the Democrats took over the control of Congress their main goal for the first six months to a year was to destroy Bush. They worked hard but didn't quite succeed. ...more

September 24, 2008

A judge in Riviera Beach has ruled a city law banning sagging pants is unconstitutional in the case of a 17-year-old who spent a night in jail for having his underwear exposed ...more

September 16, 2008

A judge in Riviera Beach has ruled a city law banning sagging pants is unconstitutional in the case of a 17-year-old who spent a night in jail for having his underwear exposed. ...more

September 15, 2008