Criminal background checks on many caregivers for children, the elderly and disabled are being delayed because Florida isn't taking full advantage of electronic fingerprinting, state officials said Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2009

The youth football saga in Zephyrhills just won't go away. The Zephyrhills Pasco Police Athletic League, ZPPAL, has appealed city council's split vote to give rival Zephyrhills Police Athletic League, or ZPAL, exclusive use of the city's Krusen Field. ...more

March 28, 2009

If you think football is a violent sport, try reasoning with two youth leagues fighting over the same field. ...more

March 25, 2009

When the Clemency Board last year approved Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to automatically restore the voting rights of most felons, Attorney General Bill McCollum was the lone holdout. Now in the wake of the state's mortgage-broker scandal, McCollum is again painting all ex-offenders with a broad brush. ...more

August 18, 2008

It's no surprise Florida leads the nation in mortgage fraud. State regulators have allowed thousands of criminals to enter the mortgage business, scarcely lifting a finger to protect homebuyers from con artists. ...more

July 22, 2008

The state Department of Children & Families is launching a probe into the backgrounds of all of its employees while police continue searching for possible victims of a former DCF spokesman arrested on child pornography charges. ...more

February 5, 2008

The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented ability to identify people in the United States and abroad. ...more

December 22, 2007

Earlier this year, the city's homeless were bouncing from place to place, moving their tents and tattered belongings from one makeshift campsite to another. ...more

December 1, 2007

The city council has approved the site plan for 120 affordable housing apartments along Davis Road. ...more

November 14, 2007

The classrooms for first-graders and younger children are stocked with miniature plastic chairs, a squat basketball hoop and crayon drawings. ...more

October 24, 2007