Eloise Mudway is getting the deed to her house back. Joseph and Cynthia Clancy, the couple recently convicted of stealing the 2,900-square-foot home from the 92-year-old woman, got sentences of 10 years each in state prison. ...more

October 23, 2009

As we see and hear our national representatives argue back and forth about their responsibilities to approve or disapprove judicial questions, we long for some sanity. ...more

July 19, 2009

A former Brandon minister was sentenced to seven years in prison today after pleading guilty to three counts of molesting a 12-year-old girl. ...more

July 9, 2009

Sonjia Bacher of Holiday is not happy with the post-card-only inmate mail policy of Pasco Sheriff Bob White. ...more

April 8, 2009

At least two passengers injured ...more

March 30, 2009

The only teenager to receive jail time for her role in the videotaped beating of a Polk County girl is back home. Brittini Hardcastle, 17, left jail this morning. She was sentenced Friday to 15 days behind bars and released today because she had previously served some of that time. ...more

March 24, 2009

The New Mexico Legislature has voted to repeal the death penalty. ...more

March 13, 2009

Re: THE Bus opinions, of which I have one that should be considered. ...more

February 11, 2009

before I realized that final confrontation in the kitchen was staged for me and my brothers. Papa wanted us to know what kind of woman Mama was, and he succeeded. But the lesson I learned was not the one he intended. Something else happened that spring, however, something that gave me reason to watch and wait, imagining flashes of summer colors out of the corner of my eye. ...more

January 25, 2009

A bus purchased by the Pinellas County Jail is equipped with computers capable of video conferencing between inmates and family and friends. ...more

December 26, 2008