New law calls for retroactive criminal checks of teachers (The News-Press)
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:48 GMT
TALLAHASSEE School districts around the state await instruction to carry out Florida's Ethics in Education Act, officially in effect Tuesday, as...
Felony arrests (Pensacola News Journal)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:56:08 GMT
FELONY ARRESTS
SACS probation lifted at FAMU (Tallahassee Democrat)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:14:11 GMT
Florida A&M University President James Ammons speaks to a packed crowd in Lee Hall at FAMU in Tallahassee, Fla. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
FSU's academic fraud hearing set for Oct. (Florida Today)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:45:31 GMT
TALLAHASSEE Florida State will have its day before the NCAA on Oct. 18 regarding its academic fraud case.
Supreme Court judicial selection on fast track (Jacksonville Daily Record)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:52:20 GMT
by Joe Wilhelm Jr. The sizable task of replacing four Florida Supreme Court Justices is on the horizon for the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission and it met Tuesday to set a structure to make those decisions.
Hoffman suspect linked to gun theft (Tallahassee Democrat)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:14:11 GMT
The theft was reported by a customer of the Tallahassee auto detailing shop where Bradshaw and Andrea Green, 25, of Perry, worked. The theft was also outlined Monday in a letter the Hoffman family attorney sent to the city of Tallahassee.
Florida Prepares To Execute Convicted Child Killer (CBS4 Miami)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:32:13 GMT
A man accused of raping and killing an 11-year-old faces execution at Florida State Prison near Starke. Unless he receives a last-minute stay, Mark Dean Schwab will die by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1991 rape and slaying of Junny Rios-Martinez of Cocoa.
Countrywide sued over Florida loans (The Record)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:26:10 GMT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, was sued Monday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for misleading and unfair trade practices.
Countrywide sued by Florida attorney general (Denver Post)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:05:02 GMT
Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, was sued Monday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who alleges misleading and unfair trade practices.
Time, Appeals Running Out For Death Row Inmate (CBS4 Miami)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:55:40 GMT
Time and appeals are running out for a Florida death row inmate scheduled to be put to death this week for the rape and murder of an 11-year old girl.