As a bar owner who was lucky enough to have a seat at the Gators-Hurricanes game in Gainesville last weekend, it feels like the right time to weigh in on the subject of moving the drinking age back to 18 - which I will always vehemently oppose. ...more

September 13, 2008

St. Petersburg police received an anonymous tip Tuesday – that Keon Dawson, the younger brother of Javon Dawson, had a gun on campus at Meadowland Middle School, which Keon Dawson attends. But the information turned out to be false -- and people are angry. ...more

September 3, 2008

Tropical Storm Gustav could force a change in the NFL's plans to have the Bucs open the season in New Orleans. ...more

August 29, 2008

MYAKKA CITY - A Southwest Florida landmark, the ranch where a group of the world-famous Lipizzan stallions are trained, could be in jeopardy as a bank moves to foreclose on part of the property. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Southwest Florida landmark, the ranch where a group of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions are trained, could be in jeopardy as a bank moves to foreclose on part of the property. ...more

August 28, 2008

Sen. J.D. Alexander wrote Gov. Charlie Crist today demanding "a conceptual plan outlining your commitment to preserving the thousands of jobs that are in jeopardy" because of the $1.75 billion buyout of U.S. Sugar that Crist announced in July. ...more

August 25, 2008

Patricia Walker is the new community outreach manager of the local Big Brothers Big Sisters. ...more

August 25, 2008

Our school superintendent announced that the county has received the first application for a charter school in years. ...more

August 15, 2008

A medical center that allowed a patient to escape twice before he killed a sheriff's deputy has been ordered to stop admitting the mentally ill who have been involuntarily committed. ...more

August 5, 2008

While the cozy, air-conditioned confines of Tropicana Field have brought out the best in Rays starter James Shields, Wednesday's outing, at least through two innings, had all the trappings of a game Tampa Bay has gotten used to losing the past three weeks. ...more

July 24, 2008