Legislation to extend law enforcement officers' "bill of rights" should be called the "Keep Bad Cops Employed Act." If adopted, it will be virtually impossible for police and sheriff departments to cleanse miscreants from their ranks. ...more

March 9, 2009

The chief judge of the Tenth Judicial District Court said Friday he will review the policy on audio recordings in the courtrooms. ...more

February 14, 2009

The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, which ditched into New York's Hudson River last month, calmly radioed to air traffic controllers, "We're going to be in the Hudson." ...more

February 5, 2009

Thursday's emergency landing of a jetliner in New York's Hudson River is another example of how dangerous birds can be to aircraft, but Tampa International Airport officials say the airport has taken numerous steps to prevent a similar crash from happening here. ...more

January 16, 2009

As Randy Nowak was meeting with an undercover agent he thought was a hit man, the Internal Revenue Service officer Nowak wanted dead went into hiding, according to evidence presented this morning in Nowak's trial. ...more

December 16, 2008

An Avon Park police officer was out of jail Wednesday on a $5,000 bond following his Tuesday arrest. ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

Open government in Highlands County has become more open. Every county commission meeting now can be viewed not only on cable television, but also streaming live on the Highlands County Clerk of Court's Web site, www.hcclerk.org. ...more

November 25, 2008

A circuit judge ruled Friday that Linda Bollea has the right to intervene in a lawsuit filed by her incarcerated son to stop the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office from releasing more recordings of her son's visits with family members. ...more

August 2, 2008

A circuit judge ruled today that Linda Bollea has the right to intervene in a lawsuit filed by her incarcerated son to stop the Pinellas sheriff's office from releasing more recordings of her son's visits with family members. ...more

August 1, 2008