Florida legislative session end set for smooth sailing

May 2nd, 2008

Leaders in both House and Senate said this morning they anticipate an orderly — and reasonably early — conclusion to the regular session today.

Police looking for driver of SUV that crashed into patrol car

May 2nd, 2008

A Tallahassee police sergeant's marked patrol car was totaled in a hit-and-run crash early this morning.

Flager's Tallahassee students graduate Sunday

May 2nd, 2008

Flagler College-Tallahassee will hold its commencement ceremony at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4. The ceremony will be held the Lawton Chiles High School auditorium.

Florida House says 'Truck Nutz' remain legal

May 2nd, 2008

Relax, truckers. Your back-bumper appendages are safe.

State-song compromise goes to Gov. Crist

May 2nd, 2008

Rep. Will Kendrick tried unsuccessfully to kill an attempt to adopt a state “anthem,” a compromise that began with an effort to replace the controversial state song, “Old Folks at Home,” by Stephen Foster.

Gary Hilton has 30 days to appeal extradition order

May 2nd, 2008

Gary Michael Hilton, who is charged in the murder of Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap, is set for a hearing today in Georgia to explain to a judge how he is being denied his “constitutional right to due process,” as he put it in a petition he filed April 22 in Butts County Superior Court.

Bob Gabordi's Blog: Note to Miley Cyrus: Keep your shirt on; my daughter is watching

May 2nd, 2008

College Football Hall of Fame incomplete without Deion

May 2nd, 2008

Former North Fort Myers High School football coach Wade Hummel sat in his Lee Memorial Hospital room unable to speak other than a few words after suffering a stroke last week.

Report: Pilot embarrassed over empty gas tank in Tallahassee crash

May 2nd, 2008

The pilot of the small plane that crashed into a busy Tallahassee intersection Feb. 8 admitted to being embarrassed because he ran out of fuel, according to a report recently released by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Now's the time for a financial checkup

May 2nd, 2008

While you make time to clean out the garage, spruce up the yard and perhaps even do some spring painting and fixing around the house, set aside some time to review and fix up your finances.