The subject was bound to come up Tuesday. The school board's full day of meetings marked the first time the board had come together since Superintendent Wayne Alexander's job search became public. ...more

January 21, 2009

For the 48th time, the Sports Club of Tampa Bay will honor the area's best and brightest sports achievers at its annual awards banquet. ...more

January 18, 2009

Deputies arrested a Spring Hill man Monday on charges that he raped a mentally challenged woman. ...more

January 14, 2009

The school board will know this week if the district is one step closer to a search for a new superintendent. ...more

January 13, 2009

Superintendent may be finalist for new job; finance director leaves Friday. ...more

January 12, 2009

This may ring as odd, considering the auspicious, history-shaping event lurking less than a fortnight ahead, but evidence suggests most of us still harbor that most fundamental characteristic that defines Americans: the desire to be left alone. ...more

January 7, 2009

ringling bros. circus parades the elephants through downtown ...more

January 5, 2009

Alvah H. Chapman Jr., a giant of the newspaper industry who helped Miami rebuild after Hurricane Andrew, died of pneumonia on Christmas Day. He was 87. ...more

December 29, 2008

I wonder how many newspaper subscribers in the Bay Area know how rare our two-newspaper community is. Can anyone name more than one major newspaper currently serving our greatest cities? ...more

December 17, 2008

In a column written by Howard Troxler, appearing Sunday, Dec. 7, in the St. Petersburg Times, it became clear just how much of an intrusion into citizen's private lives has reared its very ugly head. Why not expect this when illegal wiretapping of our people has gone unpunished? Kenneth City in Pinellas County attempted to pass what Troxler referred to as the "Mother of All Code Enforcement Ordinances." "The city would have the power to enter private homes to see that all was neat and tidy. If the homeowner refused entry, then the city could go to court and obtain something called an 'administrative search warrant.'" ...more

December 12, 2008