St. Petersburg police received an anonymous tip Tuesday – that Keon Dawson, the younger brother of Javon Dawson, had a gun on campus at Meadowland Middle School, which Keon Dawson attends. But the information turned out to be false -- and people are angry. ...more

September 3, 2008

Eloise Mudway was 83 and facing the prospect of living the rest of her life alone when she let Cynthia and Joseph Clancy move in to her Hilltop Drive home. ...more

August 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Robert Perrault Jr., a former sergeant accused of padding his time sheets at the Zephyrhills Police Department, can continue teaching criminal justice classes at Zephyrhills High School. ...more

August 27, 2008

New hires with the Pasco County School District are typically lumped together in the same agenda item and approved by the school board with little or no discussion. ...more

August 23, 2008

Rick Warren hosted an opportunity for both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to respond to the same questions. ...more

August 22, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned Tuesday, a day after an internal investigation concluded he had falsified payroll records. Barnes, 55, submitted his letter of resignation less than an hour before city council members were to consider firing him, as recommended by City Manager Steve Spina. ...more

August 20, 2008

The former top attorney at Apple Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she altered company records to conceal improper backdating of stock options for senior executives including Steve Jobs. ...more

August 15, 2008

Once a cop, always a cop? While his days as a police officer are long behind him, Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright used an old police trick to not only find an unknown suspect but also to get him to immediately admit his guilt. ...more

August 12, 2008

Police and the Manatee County State Attorney's Office are investigating a shooting this afternoon that involved an officer and a 24-year-old man, authorities said. ...more

August 4, 2008

An internal review has found no wrongdoing by jail staff in the death of Dorothy Palinchik, the Pinellas County Jail inmate who died of pneumonia brought on by a staph infection. ...more

July 18, 2008