Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008

Construction on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is closer to commencing after a panel overseeing architecture in the nation's capital approved final building plans Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

The crash that killed three people Thursday afternoon at Vandenberg Airport was not only incredibly sad, it was awful in its irony. ...more

July 19, 2008

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have filed a lawsuit against a third, embroiling the family in a legal dispute over the estate of the civil rights icon. ...more

July 12, 2008

I have been trying to get the city of Sebring to correct our street signs for over a year. We are a street, and the year-old signs say we are an avenue. We are the only place around where an avenue crosses an avenue. I cannot get the city to get off their seats, but I recall the pictures of King Carl Cool in your paper with real street signs wasted at taxpayers' expense, saying "Carl Cool Avenue." What a crock! ...more

July 6, 2008

After weeks of rumors, the Tampa Bay Lightning officially parted ways with the coach, John Tortorella, who led the team to its lone Stanley Cup championship in 2004. ...more

June 5, 2008

Congress is the greatest threat and danger to Social Security and Medicare. It will not accept the American people's wishes that we do not want comprehensive immigration amnesty of any kind. It has been defeated twice, yet they are still pushing to put it through, against the will of the people. We must name those elected officials who are promoting this comprehensive program and put them out of office. It cannot be done too soon. ...more

May 21, 2008

BOCA GRANDE - Rescue crews resumed the search for a 67-year-old diver Sunday and had not found him by the time the search was called off at 8 p.m. ...more

May 19, 2008

Kay Morse began a campaign in 1993 to save the former Jefferson High School building on Highland Avenue. ...more

February 9, 2008

My family and I are new to Florida. As with many newcomers, we were dismayed by local property tax rates and hoped the Legislature would address the issue. ...more

January 25, 2008