A state appeals panel ruled today that a Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge was wrong in dismissing 19 felony charges against former Tampa Preparatory School swim coach Kimberly Brabson III and that the case can be tried. ...more

December 24, 2008

The three workers fired in Highlands County's Office of Management and Budget for "inappropriate" use of their instant messages lost their bid to win their jobs back on appeal. ...more

August 21, 2008

Rocky Ellingsworth, who was fired July 2 as the Highlands County Sports Complex manager, lost his appeal of his termination. ...more

July 23, 2008

Of the four Highlands County employees appealing their firings, one's appeal was denied, one is awaiting a decision early next week, and two will have their appeals heard on Aug. 14. ...more

July 19, 2008

The hope at Lehman Bros. is that a management shakeup Thursday will contain the damage of a stunning quarterly loss - yet some on Wall Street fear this is one more step toward a more dramatic outcome for the embattled investment bank. ...more

June 13, 2008

SEBRING –– Two of the three county budget office employees fired for sending sexually explicit instant messages on their county work computers during work hours are threatening state and, if that doesn't work, federal legal action. Those threats were made by Jim McCollum, attorney for Treasa Handley and Jarod Lee, who were fired for sending several thousand "inappropriate" instant messages during work, many of them described as "sexually explicit." ...more

February 21, 2008

SEBRING — David Flowers, director of Highlands County's facilities management, was given a written reprimand late Thursday afternoon for his improper use of county instant messaging. ...more

January 31, 2008

SEBRING — By accident, a routine financial audit of expenditures for the 9-1-1 emergency call system uncovered voluminous sexually explicit messages sent between three Highlands County employees in the budget department. The sexually explicit messages, all public-record documents open to public inspection, led to the firings Monday morning of: Treasa Handley, former coordinator of non ad-valorem assessments; Jared Lee, former budget analyst; and Christine Edwards, former budget technician. ...more

January 30, 2008

SEBRING –– Three employees in the Highlands County budget department were fired Monday morning for "the nature of, and the volume of, text messages sent on county computers," said county Administrator Carl Cool. ...more

January 28, 2008

President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the Justice Department. ...more

November 15, 2007