Uh-oh. Alex Valdez was in trouble. He had just been pulled over by Kevin Beckman and Joshua Short in a sheriff's car, lights flashing. Arrayed in crisp uniform and speaking politely and professionally, Beckman put the18-year-old Valdez through a series of field sobriety tests. ...more

October 1, 2008

Two pilots for Hawaii's Go airlines who slept through their flight's landing procedure were suspended for the careless and reckless operation of an aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday. ...more

September 25, 2008

SEBRING — It's just a refrigerated trailer, but for one Desoto City civic group, it's a brand spanking-new humanitarian effort they're trying out in Florida. The Fraternal Order of Eagles' Disaster Relief Trailer, parked in front of the club's hall, already has several pallets full of emergency ration bars and water. Joe Waters of the Eagles in Sebring said this was one of two stationed in Florida, with the other one in the Ocala area. The trailer would go wherever the county's Emergency Operations Center tells them to go. "If they were in need of it ... we would take it anywhere they want," Waters said. ...more

May 19, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was willing to give the citizens of Town 'N Country a second opportunity to show their interest in the Volunteer Citizen Patrol program, and Thursday night they were rewarded for it. ...more

February 13, 2008