After he lost last year's District 3 primary to Democrat Diane Rowden, Wayne Dukes said he would not run again. ...more

February 19, 2009

The 18-year-old East Bay High School student who was beaten and raped outside Bloomingdale Regional Library on April 24 returned to her south Hillsborough County home earlier this month for the first time since the attack. ...more

November 19, 2008

Faced with public outrage after news broke of a requested raise of nearly 14 percent, Superintendent Wayne Alexander has submitted a counterproposal of nearly 5.5 percent. ...more

May 2, 2008

The mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs will be participating in the Go Red For Women nationwide movement during February, which is American Heart Month. ...more

February 1, 2008

Is it all right to take an illegal drug to take away physical or emotional pain? Will you become addicted from taking a hit on a crack pipe? Is Ecstasy a safe drug to use? ...more

December 19, 2007

NEW TAMPA - Is it alright to take an illegal drug to take away physical or emotional pain? Will you become addicted from taking a hit on a crack pipe? Is Ecstasy a safe drug to use? These were some of the questions posed to a group of Wharton High students during a recent drug IQ test; the student responses might be surprising to some parents. ...more

December 14, 2007

It's not my grandparents' Ireland anymore. My mother's parents were each born in north County Kerry in the late 1890s and sailed to America three years before the 1916 Easter Rising and independence from England several years later. ...more

September 23, 2007