Bill Bunting has decided destruction of Republican campaign signs has gone too far. Bunting, chairman of the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee, said the local party is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for defacing signs promoting presidential candidate John McCain, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis or any other Republican candidate. The reward also can be collected for fingering vandals who target Republican homes. Bunting reported that someone spray painted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's name, along with a vulgarity, on the Port Richey house of a McCain supporter. Pasco Democrats don't plan to offer any rewards, but they also are having a problem, though not with graffiti on houses. ...more

October 16, 2008

Ryan Longwell's 30-yard field goal with 13 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Vikings to a 30-27 comeback victory over the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, spoiling a record-tying performance by Reggie Bush. ...more

October 7, 2008

We all know about Amber Alert, the statewide system that alerts the public to missing children by putting descriptions on electronic billboards along highways. ...more

September 30, 2008

Gus Frerotte stabilized Minnesota's wobbly passing attack for at least one week, after Antoine Winfield and the rest of defense propped it up once again. ...more

September 22, 2008

With Gus Gilchrist's personal trainer, adviser and spokesman Terrelle Woody officially on the University of South Florida payroll, the school submitted Gilchrist's hardship waiver to the NCAA so the 6-foot-10 center can play immediately and not be required to sit out a season after transferring from Maryland. ...more

August 28, 2008

With Gus Gilchrist's personal trainer, adviser and spokesman Terrelle Woody officially on the University of South Florida payroll, the school submitted Gilchrist's hardship waiver to the NCAA so that the 6-foot-10 center can play immediately and not be required to sit out a season after transferring from Maryland. ...more

August 27, 2008

La acusación de que gastó demasiado dinero en viajes no detuvo a que los votantes reeligieran a Susan Valdés para un segundo término como miembro de la Junta Escolar del Condado de Hillsborough. Valdés ganó con un amplio margen. ...more

August 27, 2008

Terrelle Woody, the 38-year-old personal trainer, adviser and spokesman for the University of South Florida's heralded freshman center, Gus Gilchrist, was hired as the men's basketball team's video and conditioning assistant Tuesday night. ...more

August 27, 2008

When Gus Gilchrist, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound center, signed a basketball scholarship with the University of South Florida two months ago, the Bulls landed the most electrifying recruit in program history. ...more

August 23, 2008

The use of taser, pepper spray and physical force to detain and subdue a suspect who the arresting deputy later learned was legally blind was justified, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office administrative review. ...more

August 22, 2008