TAMPA — This is an old-fashioned glove story. Check that: New-fashioned. Sometimes, the veterans teach the kids and sometimes it’s the other way around. It appears the Rangers’ veteran ...

Florida law only allows active or retired police officers to buy badges. And Texas bans the buying, trading and selling of its current Texas Ranger badges.

So now, every Friday, Clay County sheriff’s deputies will be allowed to wear cowboy boots, blue jeans and a badge. They can even wear cowboy hats, if they’d like.