A group of Pinellas teens today spent part of their holiday break painting over graffiti as part of a new program implemented by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Launched last month, the Graffiti Response Team gives teens who are in trouble for minor criminal offenses an option. "We want to give the children who have committed minor nonviolent crimes an opportunity not to go through the criminal justice system and come out here and work off community service hours," said sheriff's Cpl. David DiSalvo. ...more

December 23, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with Crime Stoppers to solve graffiti cases in the Lithia-Pinecrest area. ...more

October 24, 2009

Some Hernando High students who vandalized school may be allowed to walk at graduation. ...more

May 28, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are investigating a structure at a Valrico church that the pastor calls a "makeshift lynching station." ...more

March 30, 2009

As Americans wonder just how horrible the economy will become, this tiny steel town offers a perverse message of hope: Things cannot possibly get any worse than they are here. ...more

February 1, 2009

The city of Tarpon Springs' recent attempt to solicit proposals from firms interested in installing a security lighting system at Cycadia Cemetery met with disappointing results. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris said the city received a letter of interest from only one firm. It suggested a lighting system costing approximately $162,000. It would have ringed the cemetery's perimeter and would not have been controlled by sensors. ...more

January 24, 2009

The owners of the historic Kress Building are facing a litany of code violations for failing to fix up the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

December 19, 2008

People interested in developing the historic Guida House may submit proposals to the city through Jan. 23. ...more

December 17, 2008

Vandals desecrated at least 500 tombs of Muslim soldiers in northern France on Monday - an act President Nicolas Sarkozy denounced as "repugnant racism." ...more

December 9, 2008

An ACORN community organizer received a death threat and the liberal-leaning voter registration group's Boston and Seattle offices were vandalized Thursday, reflecting mounting tensions over its role in registering 1.3 million mostly poor and minority Americans to vote next month. ...more

October 18, 2008