CORY LAKE ISLES - Lawyers for developer Gene Thomason turned over 600 new pages of documents to residents this week to comply with a judge's order. ...more

October 10, 2008

The attorney for two bikini bars in Hillsborough County has asked a federal appeals court to rehear arguments that a county law restricting such businesses is unconstitutional. ...more

October 10, 2008

The lawyer for the mother of a missing Orlando girl won't say whether he expects her to be indicted on homicide charges. ...more

October 9, 2008

O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety, and is focusing on a motion for a new trial and a strong bid for appellate reversal of his conviction for kidnapping and robbery, his lawyer said Sunday. ...more

October 6, 2008

Andy Argintar feels proud every time he spies his last name on the historic brick building in Ybor City that housed his family's clothing store for more than 90 years. ...more

October 6, 2008

With losses reaching $5 million a month, Bill Heard Chevrolet filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Monday in a federal court in Alabama. ...more

September 30, 2008

Monday night, Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board members John Tarapani and William Vinson wisely chose to honor a request from a Wal-Mart attorney that they not take part in the board's deliberations on proposed changes in the development for the retailer's proposed store on U.S. 19. Tarapani and Vinson are on record as opposed to Wal-Mart's plans to one of its giant retail complexes adjacent to the Anclote River. ...more

September 27, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH A St. Petersburg lawyer was arrested late Thursday on charges of drunken driving and possession of cocaine, Pinellas County Jail records show. ...more

September 26, 2008

Sebring Police released the statement on Wednesday that Commissioner Barbara Stewart typed and had notarized after she got into an argument Sept. 16 with Sheriff Susan Benton. According to Stewart, she was in her automobile and backing out when Benton's personal vehicle pulled behind her. "Thus, this auto prevented me from backing out of my space." ...more

September 24, 2008

Cody Fowler Davis was on hand to sign copies of his new novel, "Implied Consent," on Sept. 16 at Barnes & Noble, 213 N. Dale Mabry Highway. The courtroom thriller brings back his Anderson Parker character, a good-natured lawyer who once again must lock horns with rival Justin Cartwright III. ...more

September 24, 2008