It's a sad and appalling fact that children were routinely beaten and abused while in custody at Florida's old training schools for juvenile offenders. ...more

December 15, 2008

Action Needed It is time that the residents of Hernando County take action against our county executives. We have been hearing how hard it has been to cut the budget. ...more

August 29, 2008

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) _ Six Panhandle counties have a new interim chief medical examiner. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA The Polk County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Training and Respect program – formerly the Polk County Juvenile Boot Camp – will close this month, deputies say. ...more

June 20, 2008

A former juvenile boot camp guard who was exonerated by a jury in the death of a teenager was offered a new position with the Bay County Sheriff's Office but turned it down, the sheriff said. ...more

February 4, 2008

A former juvenile boot camp guard exonerated by a jury in the beating death of a Panama City, Fla., teenager sued the Bay County Sheriff's Office on Friday claiming his due process rights were violated when he was fired. ...more

February 2, 2008

If ever two officials deserved to be booted from the public dole, it's former Bay County Medical Examiner Charles Siebert and former Florida Department of Law Enforcement chief Guy Tunnell. ...more

January 4, 2008

Debra Lafave will have her next day in court Dec. 18 rather than Jan. 7. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - A man released from state prison last month after serving five years for armed robbery wound up in jail Sunday after police said he robbed a Shell gas station. ...more

December 10, 2007

Florida's attorney general said Tuesday his office cannot take any further legal action in the case of a teenager who died after he was roughed up by guards at a boot camp for juveniles. ...more

November 14, 2007