With home foreclosures skyrocketing, the House on Thursday voted to crack down on mortgage lenders by forcing them to get licenses, making them responsible for discovering whether borrowers can really repay and fining them for steering people toward risky subprime loans. ...more

November 16, 2007

Road work this week may hinder drivers closer to home. ...more

November 10, 2007

It is indeed good that the sheriff's office created the Critical Incident Response Plan. All public schools desperately need such a program. Right here in Highlands County, several students were severely brutalized and traumatized with little follow-up. ...more

November 7, 2007

The last thing the dedicated workers at Pasco County Animal Services want is to be forced by irresponsible pet ownership to take animals away or euthanize them at the county animal shelter. ...more

November 2, 2007

Japan hopes to thwart potential terrorists from entering the country by fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners ages 16 or older on entry starting next month, an official said Friday. ...more

October 27, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered new measures to improve oversight of private guards who protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq, including tighter rules of engagement and a board to investigate any killings. ...more

October 24, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A fire on June 29 burned a portion of the Best Western Inn & Suites under construction, but that didn't knock down owner Mike Patel; the hotel will be ready by December. ...more

October 24, 2007

147 Pinellas Sheriff's employees will lose their take home cars starting October 1st. Most of the cars are unmarked vehicles used by the civilian staff. The new policy doesn't affect deputies who take marked patrol cars home. Sheriff Jim Coats says this is part of a larger plan of budget cutbacks. ...more

September 6, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he would veto any bill attempting to change Florida's presidential primary to a later date. ...more

September 5, 2007