Gas pipeline to cut across state forests
Despite earlier environmental violations, a company gets state approval to expand its natural gas line.

For pawned guns, records fleeting
The FDLE chief's decision to erase firearms records ignites a heated debate with the state attorney general.

Dempsey Barron dead at 79
The legislative powerhouse, whose career in Florida politics spanned three decades, suffered from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and heart disease.

Services set
Family members have scheduled visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the conference center on the Panama City campus of Florida State University. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Amy Tapper auditorium at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City.

In his own words
The following quotes were drawn from published and unpublished interviews, including 30 interviews by the St. Petersburg Times since 1986.