Franklin County may be centuries behind in rent on two of its public buildings — having accumulated a debt of more than 200 roses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken didn’t have to write himself a ticket. But he says it was the right thing to do. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

On second thought, maybe it was not a good idea to give an award for drinking to local government officials. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Members of the Polk County School Board back down on their plans to add ID to the curriculum after being touched by His Noodly Appendage.

"They've made us the laughingstock of the world," board member Lofton told the Tampa Tribune. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Narcotics investigators were on the scene early Thursday and deputies believe the victims had large amounts of marijuana inside the home, in a neighborhood not known for drug dealing.

orange county FLORIDA picked by smarty1052 7 months ago

A bachelor party last summer for a Knox County sheriff's deputy where the groom-to-be was shot with an electroshock weapon, handcuffed, hog-tied with duct tape, oiled and feathered, and paraded through downtown Camden strapped to a lawn chair on the back of a flatbed truck.
video included. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Two weeks ago, the Butler County, Ky., sheriff and a deputy hopped into their cruiser and drove to California and back -- more than 4,100 miles -- to bring a man to Kentucky. Only when they got back to Western Kentucky and turned their prisoner over to the jail did anyone confirm through fingerprints and mug shots what their prisoner had been saying all along:

They had the wrong man. picked by LeEhBlAnC 2 months ago

David Washington, 65, has been confined to a wheelchair following an infection after knee replacement surgery. Side effects from pain medications keep him from driving so he’s been using county buses for trips to the doctors and other errands. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Follow-up to this story. (hope I linked that right)

Police said two parents fled Clark County on Sept. 7 with their four minor children who had previously been placed in the state's custody due to a pending sexual assault case in which their father was charged with numerous counts of rape of a child. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — Frederick County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who attacked a convenience store clerk with a banana.

...and other tidbits. picked by bevissimo 4 months ago

Collin County is giving a county employee the equivalent of more than a year of his salary in exchange for his resignation, a firing that advocates attributed solely to the employee's being gay. The signed agreement also included a typo, pegging his' severance at $26.5 million, later fixed. picked by funkfrost 4 months ago

The Westchester County Legislature declared the “symbolic elimination” of a common racial slur, saying its use “remains damaging, divisive and derogatory.”

My county tax dollars at work for a good cause. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Bethny Libsock fell in love and planned to marry. But the 36-year-old Monticello, Minn., woman has a mental disability, so Sherburne County went to court to stop her wedding. picked by indisguise 1 year ago

A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning same-sex marriage and ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry. picked by muppet 1 year ago

I bet you always thought your guidance counselor was on crack. This one from Howard County (highest home prices, best schools system in the state) was. picked by blurmore 1 year ago

Officials are discontinuing the use of trash bags featuring the county's logo -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s face -- after deeming them innapropriate. The move opens a window into the tricky decisions the county has to make more than two years after becoming the first government to adopt King's face as an emblem. picked by suebe 1 month ago

A Napa County sheriff's deputy walked into a bar bathroom and left without his gun, authorities said. The out-of-uniform officer forgot his loaded service revolver in the restroom of the Tradewinds Bar in downtown Cotati late Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in Eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m.


-If he were following procedure, wouldn't he have checked the guy for weapons before he put him in cruiser? picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

The CEO of software giant Oracle Corp. will be paid from San Mateo County property taxes collected this year, which otherwise would have gone to schools, the county general fund and cities. picked by coldbladed 7 months ago

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart will suspend all mortgage foreclosure evictions beginning Thursday, he announced today. picked by Nateebiinature 3 days ago