A local defense attorney who is married to a circuit court judge is accused of propositioning an undercover police officer for sex, records show. Kevin Napper, 51, of Tampa was released from a Hillsborough County jail Monday on $250 bail. He is charged with soliciting another to commit prostitution, a misdemeanor. ...more

September 30, 2008

A Leon County Circuit Court judge placed a Tampa-based Medicare Advantage plan with 16,000 members into receivership for the purpose of liquidation late Monday night. ...more

September 30, 2008

Tallahassee has released its report on drug informant Rachel Hoffman's death, as well as the disciplinary action being taken within the Tallahassee Police Department. ...more

September 25, 2008

The Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board will hear Wal-Mart's request to amend the site plan for the retailer's proposed 203,077-square-foot Supercenter on U.S. 19 near Beckett Way. ...more

September 22, 2008

Judge Daniel Perry has seen enough underwear in his courtroom, thank you very much. ...more

September 12, 2008

Judge Daniel Perry has seen enough underwear in his courtroom, thank you very much. The Hillsborough County circuit court judge became upset Tuesday when inmates were brought into his courtroom with ill-fitting, jail-issued pants that drooped, showing too much of what was underneath. The inmates were there for hearings over whether they had violated probation. ...more

September 11, 2008

A South Florida judge's ruling that Florida's ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional could help convince legislators it's time to change an antiquated law, gay advocates say. ...more

September 11, 2008

Regarding Mike Fasano's dunderheaded missive to the judge that ended, mid-trial, the prosecution of Cynthia and Joe Clancy, one word leaps immediately to mind, and that word is: Omigod. ...more

September 7, 2008

A man who avoided paying child support for six years will spend a year in federal prison and must pay nearly $25,000 in restitution, court papers state. ...more

September 3, 2008

Homeowners have every right to be angry about the property-tax notices that recently arrived in mailboxes. ...more

September 2, 2008