SARASOTA - The Herald-Tribune announced cost-saving measures Tuesday that will result in 33 employees losing their jobs as the media company - like most across the nation - continues to struggle in a flagging economy. ...more

August 5, 2008

Ask Donna Dodson how she's doing. "Stressed" is her reply. The house where she lives on Piper Road is moving toward foreclosure. She was served with the official papers in April. ...more

July 19, 2008

More Carrollwood Village and Original Carrollwood residents have comments regarding a $4 million traffic calming project in both communities. ...more

July 5, 2008

More Carrollwood Village and Original Carrollwood residents have comments regarding a $4 million traffic calming project in both communities. ...more

July 5, 2008

I am probably doing just that, tilting at windmills, but I am seriously wondering why the bills brought before our representatives continually are full of little additions: items that deter honestly needed programs. So many measures are included in most of our proposed laws that it takes weeks for legislators to read them, if they even do. The worst part of it is when a perfectly sound and needful measure is thrown out because of some extra that has been tacked on in hopes it will pass with the important item. That way nothing gets passed (but the buck!) ...more

June 12, 2008

With gas prices nudging $4 a gallon, many homeowners have been forced to adjust their budgets. ...more

May 30, 2008

FUEL COSTS RISE 21 PERCENT IN SIX MONTHS ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities seized 104 potential weapons from people who came to the rally Wednesday for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the St. Pete Times Forum, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. ...more

May 23, 2008

Just about everyone has an opinion on the federal No Child Left Behind law. Those opinions might change in the coming years as the deadline approaches that requires that all students pass state tests or drastic steps will be taken against schools, teachers and administrators. ...more

May 21, 2008

Named for George S. "Dad" Gandy, the Philadelphia contractor who constructed the original span, the Gandy drawbridge opened in November 1924 and took two years and $3 million to build. ...more

February 25, 2008