Family and friends of Joe Martell sat in stunned silence. The atmosphere across the courtroom aisle was decidedly different as the family and friends of Max Horn Jr. cried tears of joy and hugged in celebration Thursday afternoon after a deputy clerk read the not-guilty verdict in Horn's second-degree murder trial. ...more

January 29, 2010

Jurors acquit a Hudson man in a 2008 shooting that boiled out of the Chasco Fiesta that was seen as a test of the "Stand Your Ground" law. ...more

January 28, 2010

The city clerk was recently elected to the board of directors of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. ...more

June 24, 2009

Virginia Helper, whose 35-year career with the city culminated with her becoming the first black city clerk, has announced she will retire. ...more

February 18, 2009

Virginia Helper, whose 35-year career with the city culminated with her becoming the first black city clerk, has announced she will retire. ...more

February 17, 2009

Open government in Highlands County has become more open. Every county commission meeting now can be viewed not only on cable television, but also streaming live on the Highlands County Clerk of Court's Web site, www.hcclerk.org. ...more

November 25, 2008

In an evening marked more by civility than wrangling, the six candidates for two Sixth Circuit judgeships and two candidates for Pasco County clerk of the circuit court aired their views of the offices they seek at a political forum Wednesday. ...more

August 23, 2008

When top Florida leaders meet this morning to try to fix a troubled state investment pool, Hillsborough County officials will be watching closely. ...more

December 4, 2007