A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist." ...more

November 4, 2008

Cornelia Corbett has poured her heart and soul into the Tampa Museum of Art, devoting time and money to ensure the city has a place to show its artwork. ...more

November 4, 2008

A university president temporarily will lead the state university system as a newly formed committee finds a permanent replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, who is planning a return to Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 27, 2008

Hillsborough School Board Chairwoman Jennifer Faliero only has a little more than a month left at the helm of this panel and given the dysfunction of this board and Faliero's attempts to muzzle opponents, that's a good thing. ...more

October 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Retiring school board member Marge Whaley still has one board meeting to go, but her colleagues decided to give her a rousing send-off early. ...more

October 23, 2008

Discourse turned ugly Tuesday night when the chairwoman of the Hillsborough County School Board tried to stop a board member from speaking and motioned for her to be removed from the room. ...more

October 22, 2008

Community Hall will be transformed into a Las Vegas showroom with glitter, feather and furs as Martin Preston performs as Liberace Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. ...more

October 22, 2008

Known as "Chef Shari," Shari Mereness of Riverview will demonstrate how to make a chunky tomato herb Gazpacho soup as well as rosemary lavender chicken kabobs using rosemary branches as skewers during a culinary expo in Sun City Center. ...more

October 22, 2008