The following people were booked Thursday, Nov. 12 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 14, 2009

There's an animal sex bill moving through the state Senate right now that's caused some snickering, a little uneasiness and a case of confusion that's made one senator the subject of jokes ...more

March 18, 2009

Recently in Hudson, an ancient species got a little help to make it through the 21st century. In a win-win undertaking, animal welfare and environmental protection organizations joined forces with a developer to move 114 gopher tortoises. The slow-moving reptiles were transplanted from the 10-acre Hudson Apartments housing development site at S. R. 52, in the Hudson area, to Nokuse Plantation, a 50,000-acre private conservation area in Walton County, in the Panhandle. ...more

September 17, 2008

Activists with The Humane Society of the United States removed more than 100 gopher tortoises during the weekend from property slated for development. ...more

September 11, 2008

Activists with the Humane Society of the United States removed more than 100 gopher tortoises during the weekend from property slated for development. ...more

September 10, 2008

Hernando County's unemployment rate keeps inching upward, but the gap between it and the top spot is widening. ...more

July 19, 2008

You can be reasonably assured this is one new law that will not have an elaborate signing ceremony by Charlie Crist surrounded by Cheshire cat-grinning glad-handers standing proudly behind the governor as he proclaims what a great day this is for Florida's goats. ...more

January 5, 2008

Bestiality isn't a crime in Florida. A St. Petersburg lawmaker, however, is trying to make it a first-degree felony for humans to have sex with animals after a pregnant goat was raped and killed in Walton County last year. ...more

January 3, 2008

Bestiality isn't a crime right now in Florida. So a St. Petersburg lawmaker has filed a bill for this year's legislative session that would make it a first-degree felony for people to have sex with animals. ...more

January 2, 2008

At the DeFuniak Springs courthouse, they're rolling a fake snowman into the traditional manger scene to make it clear that Walton County does not endorse the Christian religion. ...more

December 3, 2007