Florida lawmakers meeting this morning to fill a $2.3 billion budget hole will keep tripping over the question of who should lose. [ More ]
Shorstein sought more to solve crime
After Ed Austin resigned as state attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit so he could run for mayor in 1991, Harry Shorstein applied for the job.
For Blair, Bundy's the big name
LIVE OAK - With his plain-spoken manner, cordial demeanor and uncompromising attitude toward crime, 3rd Circuit State Attorney Jerry Blair has been perfectly cast as the quintessential small-town Florida prosecutor.
Drought diminished a bit in '08
Northeast Florida's water supply rebounded modestly in 2008 from a drought that parched the state a year earlier, a new federal report shows.
Telling stories, tending pets, keeping active fill her days
Betty Shafer and her black-and-white terrier Sugar Babe used to be a common sight in their Jacksonville Beach neighborhood as the duo made the regular trek to the supermarket a mile from home.
The Cat's Meow: both pet, pedigree More than 220 cats competed during the weekend at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium, but no fur flew and the cats didn't scratch it out.
Jekyll's station to weather storms
Jekyll Island could soon become part of a private research project to measure and report weather conditions during hurricanes.
Police searching for St. Augustine man
Authorities are searching for Steven Alan Ritz, a fugitive wanted in St. Johns County for violating parole on a burglary charge. Ritz, 22, lives in St. Augustine and was last seen in the area.
Man crashes, dies in motorcycle stunt
A motorcyclist performing stunts was killed Sunday after crashing in a grocery store parking lot on Florida 16 in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Attorney didn't run from controversy
BUNNELL - Early in his first term as state attorney in the late 1980s, John Tanner already was sampling the type of controversy that would periodically touch his career as a prosecutor.
