I'm contacting you in response to the article in Wednesday's Tribune about the Tourist Development Council's funding of events and particularly the Pasco Bug Jam. As a former Tribune reporter, I would have thought you would have contacted Bug Jam officials for comment before printing the claims by Pasco County Commissioner Michael Cox. No attempts were made to do such. ...more

October 25, 2009

Using a vast database that contains more than six million images of criminals, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office today helped south Florida detectives arrest a man wanted in connection to a bank robbery. ...more

May 7, 2009

Ride the trolley or pedal a bicycle for an up-close, personal look at the "early years" of one of Tampa's historical bungalow neighborhoods. ...more

March 30, 2009

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union and GTE Federal Credit Union, two of the Bay area's biggest credit unions, plan to merge, the companies announced Tuesday. ...more

March 6, 2009

You would like to think that things are not as bad as they seem. Unless you are holed up somewhere in the swamps off the Tamiami Trail and your old rabbit-ears TV has stopped working, that's not so easy to do. ...more

February 22, 2009

Joe Petree and Dixie Buice knew the weather forecast when they decided to camp out overnight outside Monticciolo Sedation and Family Dentistry. They wanted to secure a place in line for the 2009 edition of Dentistry From the Heart, which took place Friday. ...more

February 6, 2009

Joe Petree and Dixie Buice knew the weather forecast when they decided to camp out overnight outside Monticciolo Sedation and Family Dentistry. They wanted to secure a place in line for the 2009 edition of Dentistry from the Heart, which took place Friday. ...more

February 6, 2009

The greatest show in South Shore is coming to town. The International Independent Showmen's Association will host its 28th annual Charity Circus on Saturday, with three performances at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. Elephants, aerialists, clowns and more will perform under the Big Top at 6915 Riverview Drive. ...more

January 7, 2009

Florida's public employee pension plan has lost more than a quarter of its peak value, but Gov. Charlie Crist and other officials Monday said the fund is built for the long haul and there's no need to panic. ...more

November 17, 2008

As college tuition costs continue to rise and states such as Florida cut funding for public universities, the pay of college presidents across the United States is rising. ...more

November 17, 2008