Legislation to extend law enforcement officers' "bill of rights" should be called the "Keep Bad Cops Employed Act." If adopted, it will be virtually impossible for police and sheriff departments to cleanse miscreants from their ranks. ...more

March 9, 2009

The faces change from year to year, about as fast as the style of the clothes they wear. The students and even the teachers come and go. The curriculum evolves and so do the methods by which it is taught. But through it all, a school is one of those institutions that define a community. Richey Elementary School, 6807 Madison St., has been part of New Port Richey for 50 years, longer if you consider classes were held there in 1957 before the building was officially completed and "opened" for the start of the 1958-'59 school year. ...more

February 25, 2009

Ample Rain Is Falling Every few days the Tribune prints an item about the area's water supply woes, usually blaming them on drought or the "ongoing three-year drought." ...more

February 14, 2009

Despite tight budgets, county commissioners recently decided to pay $198,000 to extend a program another year to help mentally ill people who might otherwise wind up in jails. ...more

November 9, 2008

The Rays may be young and hungry, but there's plenty to be said for craftiness. And A.J. Pierzynski might just lead the league in that department. ...more

August 25, 2008

More than three years after 13-year-old Sarah Lunde was killed and dumped in a pond near her Ruskin home, prosecutors are about to reveal some of what the slaying suspect said about her death. ...more

August 10, 2008

The election law violation alleged against school board candidate James Yant is a technicality that can be easily fixed, officials say. ...more

August 8, 2008

The election law violation alleged against school board candidate James Yant is a technicality that can be easily fixed, officials say. ...more

August 8, 2008

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers he plans to report to training camp this weekend, according to an NFL Network report Friday - a move perhaps designed to force the team to quickly work out a trade for the three-time MVP. ...more

July 25, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Parliament on Thursday rejected the nomination of one of President Rene Preval's advisers as the next prime minister of Haiti, which has now gone two months with its No. 2 political post empty. ...more

June 13, 2008