An 11-year-old boy was arrested after he brought a loaded semiautomatic handgun to Gulf Beaches Elementary School on Monday, a Pinellas County School District representative said Tuesday. ...more

December 19, 2007

ST. PETE BEACH - An 11-year-old boy was arrested after he brought a loaded semi-automatic handgun to Gulf Beaches Elementary School on Monday, a school district representative said today. ...more

December 18, 2007

NEW YORK George Mitchell insisted naming names was the right decision and said he was prepared for Roger Clemens and others to deny they used performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

December 15, 2007

With his frontrunner status in the GOP presidential primary in jeopardy, Rudy Giuliani will give a major speech in Tampa on Saturday that top campaign aides hope will "mark a turning point in the campaign." ...more

December 14, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - In order to seize control of the Class 5A-District 7 race and improve its record to 5-0, Land O' Lakes had to rekindle the energy and emotion that it took to win the first four games. ...more

December 14, 2007

We worry and fret about the price of gasoline, the cost of food and the lack of rain. These things are insignificant compared to the plans that are being worked on which will change our lives and country. Little is known about these plans as they are being carried out in a clandestine fashion. I am talking about an effort by the present administration to establish what can be described as a union between the United States, Mexico and Canada, very much like the European Union, described as a North American Union. If this comes about, it will mean the eventual end of our Constitution, our government being replaced by a North American government. ...more

December 6, 2007

The Tampa Bay Lightning have terminated the sale of the franchise to Absolute Hockey Enterprises amid a legal squabble between two of the principal partners, Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. ...more

November 27, 2007

County commissioners gave independent trash haulers what they wanted Wednesday evening, voting 4-3 to reject amendments to a trash hauling ordinance that a judge ruled is flawed. ...more

November 8, 2007

At the start of the season, Florida State senior DT Andre Fluellen was projected as high as a third-round NFL draft pick on some projections. That was before a series of injuries turned Fluellen into a doctor's dream. ...more

November 6, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Despite funding issues that threatened to postpone the 14th annual Veterans Day Parade, organizers are certain the show will go on. ...more

October 20, 2007