Expanded Prep Summaries ...more

March 14, 2009

A Louisiana woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child, authorities said Thursday. ...more

February 26, 2009

Police this afternoon called in a hazardous waste material team after a package with the word anthrax written on it showed up at the St. Petersburg Times building, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

November 3, 2008

Hernando County Fire Rescue Chief Mike Nickerson Tuesday will recommend county commissioners lower his EMS budget for 2009 from 0.5839 mills to 0.5598 mills, a reduction of $138,000 annually. ...more

August 4, 2008

AFTER GETTING $40,871 PAYOFF FROM HERNANDO COUNTY ...more

July 5, 2008

The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet. ...more

July 5, 2008

The Human Resources Department on Wednesday already started addressing some of the concerns highlighted by an audit by sending 30 to 40 staffers who work with workers' compensation claims to training classes. ...more

June 26, 2008

STAFF TRAINING BEGAN WEDNESDAY ...more

June 25, 2008

The plan of Japanese owner Hidetoshi Yamamoto all along was for Casino Drive to run in the Belmont Stakes. That plan came to an abrupt halt early Saturday when Yamamoto and trainer Kazuo Fujisawa decided to scratch the 3-year-old colt from the Belmont Stakes. ...more

June 8, 2008

The reorganization of Hernando County's Human Resources Department is coming along just fine, said Jerry Haines, who recently completed his first month as interim director. ...more

June 5, 2008