Clearwater police are asking the public for help in finding a man who they say is connected to the fatal shooting of a cab driver on Wednesday. ...more

September 29, 2008

Candidate Fliers Show Up In School Mailboxes PORT RICHEY Fliers supporting sheriff's candidate Kim Bogart turned up Wednesday morning in employee mailboxes at Chasco Middle School, which school officials say is a violation of school policy and state law. Principal Christine Wolff said she had the fliers pulled from the mailboxes when the situation was brought to her attention. Wolff said she doesn't know who was responsible. Assistant Superintendent Renalia DuBose cited two state laws and a school board policy that govern political activities of employees at schools. One law prohibits government employees from participating in political campaigns while on duty. The other law prohibits candidates from using the services of government employees during working hours. ...more

September 25, 2008

Fliers supporting sheriff's candidate Kim Bogart turned up Wednesday morning in employee mailboxes at Chasco Middle School, which school officials say is a violation of school policy and state law. ...more

September 25, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman's proposal to rename the Moral Courage Award after the late Ralph Hughes is now reality. Norman's had, as we know, worse ideas, but this one is bad. Unless political agenda is somehow synonymous with moral courage. ...more

September 24, 2008

Area schools are back in session, but some of the sting was taken out of the return to homework and tests by a family fun day sponsored by a local church. ...more

September 3, 2008

We're still No. 1. But save the confetti. Florida ranks highest among all states for mortgage fraud, according to a report released Monday by Reston, Va.-based Mortgage Asset Research Institute. ...more

August 26, 2008

After two of his employees said they were attacked by three men while closing up an Apollo Beach restaurant Saturday, owner Shawn Haverfield is organizing fundraisers to help the women gain "some sense of normalcy." ...more

August 20, 2008

John Nicolette paints a grim picture of his opponent, District 1 County Commissioner Ted Schrader, in campaign fliers, stamping the incumbent as a tax-and-spend "LIBERAL," who is helping builders and family members cash in on growth. ...more

July 26, 2008

Before moving to Florida 18 years ago, I worked as an account manager for my firm's multimillion account, Wal-Mart. ...more

July 24, 2008

It didn't take long for Nick Valentine to notice the despair after moving in to this community. ...more

July 19, 2008