State Department investigators offered Blackwater USA security guards immunity during an inquiry into last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad - a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute the company's employees involved in the episode, government officials said Monday. ...more

October 30, 2007

City council gave its stamp of approval Tuesday to 11 improvement grant requests submitted by Temple Terrace area schools. ...more

October 20, 2007

AVON PARK — Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan, now serving as interim Avon Park police chief after the forced resignation of former chief Frank Mercurio, said Wednesday that he plans to apply for the open position. City Manager C.B. Shirey said he's already received 13 applications for the position. The new acting chief has been busy adjusting to the transition and wants to take his time to submit an application. ...more

October 5, 2007

County Commissioner Al Higginbotham can vote on a contentious trash issue the board might settle next month, the Florida Commission on Ethics has ruled. ...more

September 19, 2007