Sheriffâs Fight With Paper Flares Up Again
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The two principal owners of the Phoenix New Times were arrested Thursday, but were then released and charges of disclosing information about a grand jury dropped.
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Lawmakers have come full circle after devoting more money to high-tech voting machines following the 2000 election debacle in Florida. They now say a return to the paper trails of old is the key to an honest vote, exasperating state election officials.
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By Keith Morelli, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Mar. 10--TAMPA -- Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are tired of responding to calls at four troublesome apartment complexes in north Tampa and Friday took legal steps to resolve the matter.
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"Bubba the Love Sponge," the shock jock who lost his job when he got too dirty on the radio and was slapped down by the Federal Communications Commission, is seeking a new gig: sheriff.
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The Shiawassee County sheriff will stop releasing information to a newspaper after it published an article about a political blogger critical of the sheriff, the paper reported.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Against a backdrop of dueling public relations moves, Michael Jackson faces off in court Monday against the man who has put him there, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon...
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on Monday will get estimates on the cost of moving ahead with construction of the new Sheriff's Office, even as a court appeal over the project continues.
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NEW YORK - Police in Nassau and Suffolk counties say they were able to tie at least 13 bank robberies to the same man because of the spelling errors in his hold-up notes.
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By William Lin and John-Henry Doucette, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 8--PORTSMOUTH -- A grand jury Thursday accused former Sheriff Gary Waters of three misdemeanor charges related to his oversight of campaign funds and inmates.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Linda Golz, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 12--The fight over access to water in southern Medina County has been waged for years.
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By Lawrence Budd Staff Writer  XENIA -- Aramark staff and inmates whipped up about 500 lunches last Wednesday at the Greene County Detention Center, while Sheriff Gene Fischer and Capt. Doreen Goodman watched.
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A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits &#151; some call it a "judicial hellhole" &#151; is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to sue somebody.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The county election supervisor whose confusing ballot design contributed to the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election became the butt of late-night talk show jokes and the target of death threats...
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By Harry Franklin, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Sep. 21--Four residents have filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to keep Cusseta-Chattahoochee County from creating a police department.
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SPENCER, Iowa -- The tiny jail here has housed many a typical small-town Iowa criminal since its bricks were laid in 1938 -- drunk drivers, drug abusers, the occasional thief. These days, though, Sheriff Randy Krukow walks the cell row and behind the bars sees a new kind of increasingly typical l...