Where Do All TheTax Dollars Go? I am a mother of two, one in high school and one in elementary. My concern is I'm sure, like most parents every year, our taxes have gone up, and every year the school supply lists get bigger and longer. Also, there are now lab fees for my son in high school that are mandatory to pay now. I am sure we're not the only family feeling the cost of living going up considerably this year along with gas prices and groceries prices as well. ...more

August 27, 2008

Try Universal Curriculum I read with interest Dan Lips' column "What's Missing From Schools" (Other Views, Aug. 16): ...more

August 23, 2008

One day, when the Citrus Park All-Stars become men with families of their own, the memories will make them happy. ...more

August 22, 2008

SULPHUR SPRINGS - More than a year ago, LifePoint Community Church took over a church with a dwindling congregation and rebuilt membership to about 150 worshippers. ...more

August 21, 2008

Up to 1,500 children were helped back to school Saturday through Projects of Pasco supply donations. ...more

August 20, 2008

Jessica Townsend's favorite subject is coloring. At Woodlawn Elementary School's orientation Thursday afternoon, the 6-year-old said houses and rainbows are her favorite pictures to color. ...more

August 16, 2008

There goes that last chance to sleep in. But it's worth it. Just in time for the start of the 2008 - 09 school year, Calvary Chapel Worship Center, 6825 Trouble Creek Road, will have its annual school supply giveaway, at 8:05 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. ...more

August 16, 2008

High gas prices, growing debt and a rocky economy. That's the trio of financial pressures facing Tampa Bay area parents as they prepare for the school season to start next week in Hillsborough and other nearby counties. ...more

August 15, 2008

Reading, writing and 'rithmetic are enough of a challenge without the prospect of having to do them without pencils, paper or anything to carry them in. ...more

August 13, 2008

A Wal-Mart Supercenter was evacuated for about two hours Saturday after a passerby smelled gas leaking from a natural gas meter outside the building. ...more

August 10, 2008