The Florida Supreme Court on Monday ordered local judges to adopt a uniform mediation program for foreclosure cases and other interventions to deal with the tide of foreclosure cases clogging the courts. ...more

December 29, 2009

Arson investigators say a suspicious fire Tuesday heavily damaged a house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year. ...more

December 16, 2009

Regarding your front-page article on new mammogram recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ("Anger and frustration," Nov. 18): ...more

November 23, 2009

As a breast cancer survivor, I feel particularly qualified to assert my opinion on the latest U. S. Preventive Services Task Force's guidelines regarding mammograms. I'm uncertain at this point exactly whose best interests are served by this organization, but as one whose "starting annual mammograms at age 40" prevented "one additional death," I hope my story merits publication in your newspaper. ...more

November 20, 2009

PENSACOLA (AP) — The University of West Florida was on lockdown as police searched for a homicide suspect believed to have fled there. ...more

October 7, 2009

A wanted man was struck by a U.S. marshal's vehicle as he fled from authorities this afternoon. ...more

September 2, 2009

The public is invited to share ideas about potential water resources restoration projects at the upcoming Hernando County task force meeting. ...more

July 3, 2009

The city will no longer offer "holiday makeup" days for trash and recycling. ...more

June 17, 2009

On any given day, legions of city-owned cars, trucks and SUVs haul away garbage, fix potholes, put out fires and patrol neighborhoods. ...more

June 10, 2009

U.S. Marshals, who had tracked a homicide suspect from the Florida Panhandle to Tampa, opened fire on the man outside a hotel this morning, after he drew a handgun on officers, authorities said. ...more

April 21, 2009