Top ballot item: bid to legalize pot in California

No single election contest this fall combines the buzz and history-making potential of California's Proposition 19, which would make the state the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

Drug dealers sentenced

On Sept. 3, Judge Albert M. McCaig Jr., presiding over the 506th District Court in Waller County, sentenced Woodrow Norris Woodard of Waller, to a 20-year prison term for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (methamphetamine), a first-degree felony.

Audit Assailed Group Hired to Aid Troubled Family

A nonprofit organization was responsible for providing preventive services to a family of a 4-year-old girl whose bruised body was later found in her apartment.

Letters: Steps under way to cut prescription-drug abuse

Letters: Steps under way to cut prescription-drug abuse

Top Ballot Item: Bid to Legalize Pot in Calif.

If Passed, Prop 19 Would Allow Adults 21 and Older to Possess up to an Ounce of Pot for Personal Use

Bid to legalize pot in Calif. tops list of Nov. 2 ballot issues

Associated Press No single election contest this fall combines the buzz and history-making

Intellectual Property

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California's Marijuana Legalization Initiative Takes The National Spotlight

What's Your Reaction? No single election contest this fall combines the buzz and history-making potential of California's Proposition 19, which would make the state the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

JPD changes policy on use of informants

The Jacksonville Police Department has mandated greater oversight in the use of informants on the heels of a Daily News report detailing detectives building drug cases using a fugitive informant wanted by another agency on felony charges of...

Politicians ighore tough choices to curb U.S. debt

WASHINGTON The federal debt almost doubled during the Bush administration and has increased more than 25 percent during President Barack Obamas first two years in office.