two bills that deal with court funding and are now before the Florida Legislature. ...more

March 28, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

Prosecutors today formally filed their intent to seek the death penalty for Vincent Brown, charged in the kidnapping and killing of Jennifer Johnson, the mother of his 2-year-old daughter. ...more

March 5, 2009

A federal judge told lawyers this afternoon to get ready to take the case of Youseff Megahed to trial. ...more

January 26, 2009

Preschoolers may find their summer classes a bit more crowded while speeders and other traffic violators can expect to be hit with steeper fines under separate deficit-elimination plans passed Friday by the Florida House and Senate. ...more

January 10, 2009

Preschoolers may find their summer classes a bit more crowded while speeders and other traffic violators can expect to be hit with steeper fines under separate deficit-elimination plans passed Friday by the Florida House and Senate. ...more

January 9, 2009

Pasco County officials will search for ways to decrease the backlog of court cases which can leave jails crowded. ...more

December 20, 2008

A circuit judge's ruling on Thursday overturned a 2007 state law saying counties had to pay for attorneys who take cases when the local public defender has a conflict. ...more

December 20, 2008

Pasco County officials will search for ways to decrease the backlog of court cases which can leave jails overcrowded. ...more

December 10, 2008

A former police officer who had been an FBI agent for less than two years was fatally shot Wednesday as he served a warrant at the home of an alleged cocaine dealer. ...more

November 19, 2008