There should be a real review because the charges leveled against Jim Leavitt are serious, writes Martin Fennelly. ...more

December 15, 2009

"Border Songs" by Jim Lynch (Knopf, $26) Brandon Vanderkool's name may be difficult to remember, but his character will be unforgettable to readers of this marvelously crafted (and charmingly amusing) novel about attempts to secure the seemingly benign border between British Columbia and Washington state. ...more

December 13, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal is suing WTSP, Channel 10, and reporter Mike Deeson, claiming they altered videotape to make it appear as he was smiling at a quadriplegic who was dumped from his wheelchair while being booked at the county jail. ...more

November 17, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal is suing WTSP, Channel 10, and reporter Mike Deeson, claiming they altered videotape to make it appear as if he was smiling at a quadriplegic who was dumped from his wheelchair while being booked at the county jail. ...more

November 16, 2009

Fugitive Rayford died accidentally, report states ...more

November 10, 2009

Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key to a Ferrari during an all-night search at the office of a lawyer suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme. ...more

November 7, 2009

The state Commission on Ethics will officially investigate the actions of Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean and County Attorney Renee Lee regarding 1 percent raises they got in 2007. ...more

October 24, 2009

A special House committee meets for the first time at 9 a.m. today to consider charges of ethical misconduct that a special investigator has made against former House Speaker Ray Sansom. ...more

August 4, 2009

Spoto High School baseball coach Larry Benton must meet with professional standards staff after his arrest on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting someone to commit prostitution. ...more

July 1, 2009

Spoto baseball coach Larry Benton was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting another to commit prostitution, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office charge report. ...more

June 29, 2009