Report: Mom in DUI crash left child at scene
By at 23 September, 2011, 8:20 am
Stacy Lee Kallergis, a 27-year-old Lehigh Acres mom, is accused of crashing her car while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene — leaving her 4-year-old daughter inside the wrecked car, reports The News-Press in Fort Myers. From the mouths of babes: The little girl allegedly told deputies Read More
Read More >>Report: Barfer with pants down cuffed at fast food restaurant
By at 23 September, 2011, 8:15 am
Sounds like this dude could have used a little of Arby’s “good mood food.” Nothing good ever happens to folks who tote around a syringe, spoon and lighter in their pocket, as Murray Wadman is accused of doing, reports Will Greenlee in his Off the Beat blog for TCPalm.com in Read More
Read More >>Scott’s popularity rises slightly in latest Q-Poll
By at 21 September, 2011, 9:14 am
By Aaron Deslatte TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott’s summer-long charm offensive appears to have made a dent in his once-toxic unpopularity among voters, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds. The poll released Wednesday found 50 percent of voters disapproved of his job as governor compared to Read More
Read More >>Man accused of exposing himself to five children
By at 18 September, 2011, 9:22 am
Brian Brown, 38, was jailed after five children said he stood in the doorway of his shed naked while touching his genitals as they walked to a bus stop in Pace, reports the Pensacola News-Journal. Brown told deputies he wasn’t a pervert — he just opened the shed door to get dressed Read More
Read More >>Tuesday Morning Reads: Perry v. Romney
By at 13 September, 2011, 8:58 am
TALLAHASSEE — For those who didn’t watch the CNN presidential debate last night, we’ve got links to coverage for you, plus other news in the top five stories you should be reading this morning. * Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clashed in a CNN Read More
Read More >>Man, 75, shoots himself instead of snake
By at 12 September, 2011, 8:10 am
Snake: 1; Man: 0 The 75-year-old man’s caretaker told authorities she had arrived at his home and was greeted by a cottonmouth, a large water moccasin, lying near the front door, reports The Daytona Beach News-Journal. The man, Garrett Bauernschmidt, of west Volusia County, got his handgun Read More
Read More >>Thursday Morning Reads: Drug database goes live, Chairman Bitner steps down and state budget talk
By at 1 September, 2011, 8:31 am
TALLAHASSEE — With a year to go before the Republican National Convention in Tampa, state GOP Chair David Bitner announced yesterday he would resign his post as he continues to battle Lou Gehrig’s disease. Here’s our take on Bitner’s resignation, plus other stories, in Read More
Read More >>Wednesday morning reads: RPOF’s Bitner, septic tank re-do, and Floridians living in sin
By at 31 August, 2011, 9:32 am
TALLAHASSEE — Football (the live sort, not TiVO) is almost upon us. But until that glorious day, we must contain ourselves with the sport that is politics. Here are the top-five stories you should be reading this morning: *Conflicting reports this morning on whether Republican Party of Read More
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