A lawyer who was stunned with a Taser after becoming upset at a Tampa Code Enforcement Board meeting now faces a misdemeanor charge. ...more

March 16, 2009

I'm a home seller, and the buyer of my condo has released a deposit because they have decided to back out of the deal. ...more

March 15, 2009

Our economy is collapsing around us. We have a spend-thrift, empty suit lawyer in the White House who doesn't have a clue how to fix anything except throw money. Nancy is running the show racking up deficits beyond anyone's imagination with a congress whose religion and ticket to heaven is pork. As the country gallops full tilt to socialism, Highlands Today sees fit to pick on Rush Limbaugh in a full blown editorial piece because he says "whacky" things. Politically, you can agree or disagree with Rush. However, the man should not be demonized because he disagrees with the way our country is being run. Most of his severe critics, and probably you as well, have never listened to Rush, for if you had, you would know he is anything but "whacky." Rush is a Reagan conservative and the Republicans need more like him. ...more

March 13, 2009

Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, is due back in court today for an evidentiary hearing related to her first-degree murder trial. ...more

March 12, 2009

A state panel has commuted the sentence of an 88-year-old retiree to time served for a series of drive-by shootings into the home of a neighbor who owed him money. ...more

March 12, 2009

Leaders for the Westchase community are looking at their legal options to go after a company that caused thousands of dollars of damage to trees. ...more

March 11, 2009

A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship, lambasting the case as a waste of the court's time and suggesting the plaintiff's attorney may have to compensate the president's lawyer. ...more

March 5, 2009

No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers' compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went too far. ...more

March 4, 2009

On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves will face career ruin and possible jail time if he is convicted at a federal tax evasion trial that begins Monday with jury selection in Miami. ...more

March 2, 2009

A Riverview man who ran over his neighbor's 3-year-old son in his pickup was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison followed by five years of probation, the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 27, 2009