A Brooksville police officer was fired Friday, in part because of a perceived threat not to serve as backup for a colleague. ...more

December 26, 2007

Breckenridge Apartment residents are shaken by the killing that occurred within a few steps of them Friday. ...more

December 9, 2007

Under a bill considered Friday by local state legislators, taxi drivers who ferry passengers around Tampa for the 2009 Super Bowl may face federal background checks but will be free of out-of-state competition. ...more

December 8, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - A box of Blockbuster video store forms with credit card and Social Security information that was dumped in a trash container last week now is under Sarasota County Sheriff's Office protection. ...more

October 25, 2007

JACKSONVILLE - The group charged with cleaning up the state's foster care system after one child went missing and another was found dead released its first recommendations for change Wednesday. Ideas ranged from collecting DNA samples from foster children to allow better tracking to ensuring all adults living in a foster home have background checks to following up on previous requirements from the Department of Children & Families that foster care children be seen on a monthly basis. ...more

October 11, 2007

Dr. Esam Omeish resigned as a member of the Virginia Commission on Immigration after his anti-Israel remarks in support of 'the jihad way' were posted on YouTube. He told a news conference that jihad has nothing to do with violence, but instead is about inner struggles leading to spiritual triumph. We've heard this before. Such explanations are presented after a terrorist act or a radical is exposed. Radicals also have been known to lie, especially to 'infidels.' ...more

October 2, 2007

If you live in eastern Hillsborough County and want to develop skills as a firefighter, now is the time to volunteer. ...more

September 26, 2007