TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court called the blanket use of shackles, handcuffs and other restraints on children in most of the state's juvenile courtrooms "repugnant, degrading, humiliating" and counterproductive as the justices banned the practice today. ...more

December 17, 2009

An area day care center was recently recognized for going above and beyond in its work with the community's children. ...more

November 4, 2009

Tammy Bracewell brandished her BlackBerry during an awards ceremony last week to e-mail a bunch of two-word messages back to Brandon - "We won!" ...more

October 21, 2009

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

June 24, 2009

Two Pinellas County deputies who slept together have been given written reprimands for violating Sheriff Jim Coats' anti-adultery policy. ...more

April 9, 2009

Former Hillsborough County schools Superintendent Earl Lennard will receive the Ellsworth G. Simmons Good Government Award at the April 15 county commission meeting. ...more

April 5, 2009

Longtime Hillsborough School Superintendent Earl Lennard will receive the Ellsworth G. Simmons Good Government Award at the April 15 County Commission meeting. ...more

April 2, 2009

One of Florida's new startup property insurance companies was told Wednesday to stop selling policies — at least for a while. ...more

March 18, 2009

The calls were always the same: telemarketers claiming he'd promised $20 to a Florida charity. Coral Springs resident Jerry Mayer didn't remember pledging money. He told the callers they were wrong. He had an illness in his family. He just wanted to be left alone. But the phone kept ringing at least once a week until he mailed a check, he said. ...more

February 1, 2009

The calls were always the same: telemarketers claiming he'd promised $20 to a Florida charity. ...more

January 31, 2009