Quick. Fill in the blank. The biggest challenge facing Hillsborough County is ________ ? ...more

January 4, 2008

When elected officials repeatedly miss public meetings and workshops over a period of months, even due to illness, it's time they step down because they're not doing their jobs effectively. And they need to muster the courage to admit it. ...more

December 2, 2007

SEBRING — Around the holidays and on Fridays, there's a greater chance students will be facing a substitute teacher in their classroom. With so many teachers taking off the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving, on a "proposed" calendar for the 2007-08 school year there is no school for the entire week. The school districts in Polk and Hardee counties, and some others in the state, take the week off, Deputy Superintendent Rodney Hollinger told the school board Tuesday. It should be considered for Highlands County because of the large number of substitutes who work on the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, he said. ...more

November 26, 2007

Tuesday night showcased two of the younger boy's basketball rosters in Pinellas County when Countryside hosted Largo for both team's season opening games. In a rematch of last year's opener at Largo – a 55-23 Packer rout – each showed their youth and inexperience throughout the 32-minute match up that finally saw the Packers escape victoriously, 67-58. ...more

November 20, 2007