Pinellas County commissioners are reaching to the past for leadership into the future. ...more

August 7, 2008

Pinellas County commissioners are reaching to the past for leadership into the future. Commissioners agreed Tuesday to offer the county administrator position to Robert LaSala, a former assistant county administrator from 1979 to 1989. They are set to meet on the contract Sept. 2, and LaSala would begin in November. ...more

August 6, 2008

A former employee has filed a lawsuit accusing U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan of falsifying business documents in the operation of a Venice car dealership. ...more

August 4, 2008

The Sarasota County Health Department today ended an advisory against swimming at Siesta Key Beach. ...more

August 2, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Gregory Kennedy had a large circle of friends, and some say he would have done anything to protect them. ...more

August 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - There were three adults at the birthday party where 18-year-old Gregory Kennedy was killed, and one of them ended up in the hospital with a concussion after being struck by the same group of teenagers. ...more

August 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd who attacked him during a March 2007 service call at a Nokomis house. ...more

August 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A teenager was killed and at least two others are being investigated in connection with his death after a house party for high school students spilled out of control and erupted into a brawl. ...more

July 31, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd that attacked him during a 2007 service call to a Nokomis house. ...more

July 31, 2008

Beaches in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties last year were found to have risky pollution levels for swimmers less often than the rest of the nation, says an environmental watchdog group. ...more

July 30, 2008