Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton compared past issues with evidence handling to "a tidal wave that drowned us." ...more

October 22, 2008

Early this morning, police pulled over a 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup at Waters and Armenia avenues because, they say, it had a broken left brake light. When the driver consented to a search, police found a baggie of cocaine that was purchased by a father for his son, police say. ...more

July 29, 2008

So that's why the ice cream man is in such a good humor. Deputies say they cited the driver of the Hokey Pokey ice cream truck Thursday for possession of marijuana and a drug-smoking pipe. ...more

July 19, 2008

Deputies arrested the driver of the Hokey Pokey ice cream truck Thursday on a possession of marijuana charge. ...more

July 18, 2008

Brian McNamee asked a federal court late Wednesday to dismiss Roger Clemens' defamation lawsuit or move the case to New York. ...more

July 4, 2008

POLK CITY – A raid on a marijuana-growing operation Tuesday by a Polk County drug task force led to the arrest of one man. ...more

May 7, 2008

The rooster had red plumage but no comb on its head or wattle below its beak. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - The rooster that Pam Perry of Hillsborough County Animal Services carried inside a metal cage had red plumage but no comb on its head or wattle below its beak. ...more

February 19, 2008

They came in as individuals and left as pairs. An assembly line of wedding ceremonies cranked out a bunch of married couples at the Hillsborough County court clerk's office Thursday. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - They came in as individuals and left as pairs. An assembly line of wedding ceremonies cranked out a bunch of married couples at the Hillsborough County clerk's office this morning. Clerk Pat Frank said there typically is a spike in ceremonies on Valentine's Day. ...more

February 14, 2008