A Florida corrections officer has been fired after zapping children with 50,000 volts of electricity during a "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" tour. ...more

May 2, 2009

For years, Rosemarie Sherwood acted as a house mother and adviser to abused homeless women, teaching them skills like saving and budgeting money so they could survive on their own. ...more

February 26, 2009

After narrowly defeating his Republican challenger in the primary, Sheriff Bob White heads into the Nov. 4 general election with something to prove against his Democratic opponent K.S. "Kim" Bogart and Bobby Kinzy, a registered Democrat running with no party affiliation. ...more

October 25, 2008

Eighteen months after Florida botched its last execution, its new lethal injection procedures resulted in what appeared to be a smooth and peaceful death Tuesday for child killer Mark Dean Schwab. ...more

July 5, 2008

Pasco County sheriff candidate Robert Sullivan has challenged incumbent Bob White to a series of debates between July 19 and Aug. 9, leading up to the Aug. 26 primary election. ...more

June 19, 2008

A southwest Florida corrections officer was released on bail Friday after being accused of gouging an inmate's eye, police said. ...more

June 8, 2008

Democrat Kim Bogart has announced plans to run against Pasco County Sheriff Bob White. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - The state Department of Corrections will demote three high ranking officials and has taken steps to suspend them without pay because of how they allowed hundreds of inmates to transfer between prisons throughout Florida, Corrections Secretary James McDonough said today. ...more

October 8, 2007