Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in Hillsborough County. ...more

October 28, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in the area. ...more

October 28, 2009

MONTAGUE, Texas - For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. Inside the small brick building across from the courthouse, inmates had the run of the place, having sex with their jailer girlfriends, bringing in recliners, taking drugs and chatting on cell phones supplied by friends or guards, according to authorities. They also disabled some of the surveillance cameras and made weapons out of nails. ...more

March 17, 2009

For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Texas sheriff and jail guards face charges over jailhouse escapades. ...more

March 16, 2009

A lot of good people around here are searching for ways to stimulate the economy. What our economy needs, and what the national economy needs, have some things in common and quite a few differences. What we really need is getting some construction moving. ...more

March 12, 2009

An impassioned debate was sparked at Monday's Community Redevelopment Agency meeting when Commissioner Jim McCollum asked the board to reevaluate its role in two stalled construction projects. ...more

March 12, 2009

Let's solve the new sheriff's building this way. The present jail has no room for expansion, so build a new jail where you are talking about building the new sheriff's office. Remodel the present jail for the sheriff's office. Things would then be the way they should have been 20 years ago. ...more

February 22, 2009

Highlands County Commissioners have spent $873,000 for architectural plans to build a new administration building for the sheriff's office on George Boulevard, just north of U.S. 27 and State Road 66. ...more

February 8, 2009

County Engineer Charles Mixson Tuesday will highlight for county commissioners a series of improvement projects targeted for South Brooksville. ...more

January 31, 2009