TOWN 'N COUNTRY The $500-a-day fines issued to those responsible for what was once an eight-story dirt pile on Sheldon Road will continue, said Special Magistrate Christopher E. Brown during a hearing Monday. ...more

June 3, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Those responsible for a large dirt pile on a lot along Sheldon Road want to discuss their $500-a-day fines and seek more time to get the dirt moved, a county official says. ...more

May 31, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY Those responsible for a large dirt pile on a lot along Sheldon Road want to discuss their $500-a-day fines and seek more time to get the dirt moved, a county official says. The parties will attend a code enforcement special magistrate hearing at 9 a.m. Monday on the second floor of the County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. On Wednesday an inspector went by the 3-acre lot at Sheldon Road and Cluster Avenue and reported that more than 50 percent of the dirt was gone, said Christa Hull, environmental supervisor for the county. The pile once stood eight stories tall. ...more

May 30, 2008

An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

Nine months after he was arrested in South Carolina, former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed walked out of a federal courthouse Monday, free to live in his parents' home while prosecutors appeal an evidence ruling. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA – Nine months after he was arrested in South Carolina, former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed walked out of a federal courthouse Monday, free to live in his parents' house while prosecutors appeal an evidence ruling. ...more

May 5, 2008

TAMPA – Two men pleaded guilty this morning to charges they were middlemen in a bribery scheme through which unqualified people obtained commercial driver's licenses. ...more

April 23, 2008

Attorneys are negotiating a possible plea deal in the case of one of two former University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives. ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - Attorneys are negotiating a possible plea deal in the case of one of two former University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives. ...more

February 15, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A dog is not always man's best friend — at least according to Leonard L. Jones, who said the noise generated by a kennel located about 400 yards from his home is driving him "insane." "I can close the door, close the vertical blinds, close the curtains and still hear the dogs barking in my bedroom," said Jones. "I have a right to peace and quiet." Jones and neighbor George Coyle both complained about the noise. Vicki and Mike Finch, kennel owners of Dawg House, 69 Dawg House Drive, were issued civil citations three times for exceeding the Highlands County Noise Control Ordinance. The citations were overturned by Magistrate Pamela Karlson, and because the code enforcement office contested those rulings, a rehearing is scheduled for Feb. 28. ...more

February 2, 2008