Those who fear a national ID card either have something to hide or have been reading "1984" again. ...more

July 10, 2009

I was leaving Seminole Hard Rock Casino one night recently with my wife, about $200 lighter. On the elevator going to the parking garage was a young couple so drunk they had to hold each other up. ...more

June 29, 2009

As St. Paddy's Day revelers get ready to don shamrock sunglasses and dye their beer green, Florida police are making some preparations of their own. ...more

March 17, 2009

Several suspected drunk drivers were arrested within an hour of each other Friday. ...more

March 16, 2009

Deputies have one more weapon against DUI offenders: A newish mobile DUI enforcement unit. ...more

February 12, 2009

Deputies have one more weapon against DUI offenders: A newish mobile DUI enforcement unit. The trailer isn't exactly new - nearly two decades old - but the onetime Crime Prevention Unit has been repurposed as the DUI Enforcement Mobile Unit. The $30,000 transformation was funded in part by a $16,000 grant from Pasco's Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, known as ASAP. The remaining $14,000 used to spruce up and outfit the once moldy trailer came from the Pasco Sheriff's Office's federal forfeiture funds. "Thanks to the drug dealers of Pasco County we were able to furbish this and finish out the grant," Pasco Sheriff Bob White said today, smiling outside his administration building. "Everyone plays a role in this." ...more

February 11, 2009

Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week. ...more

January 2, 2009

Troopers will be out in force this holiday season to enforce the speed limit and nab drunk drivers. ...more

December 18, 2008

Authorities arrested four suspected drunk drivers this weekend, including a woman who reportedly crashed into a car while driving with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit. ...more

November 11, 2008

As expected, a Bushnell man received a three-year prison sentence Friday for a crash last April that killed his friend. ...more

September 13, 2008