There's "no way" to explain the mass shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, Eric Shinseki, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said in Tampa on Friday. ...more

November 7, 2009

Joe Affronti, the mayor of Temple Terrace, has accepted an invitation from Councillor Pamela Holden-Brown, mayor of the Borough of Eastleigh, England, for a sister city exchange visit. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Red Cross Angels' annual Silver Coffee is Monday. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Toni Everett, 3422 Jean Circle, and includes refreshments and information about the organization. ...more

November 4, 2009

The state has reached a settlement with the troubled Tampa Bay Academy, which will be allowed to admit patients into its long-term mental health care program when it shows it meets every standard set by regulators. ...more

January 15, 2009

The state officially stopped Tampa Bay Academy on Friday from providing long-term mental health care to the most troubled children, but the academy's problems aren't unique to its corporate parent in Texas. ...more

January 10, 2009

The official rebuke to the troubled Tampa Bay Academy comes at 5 p.m. today – the time when state regulators said they will suspend the academy's license for what they called "gross mismanagement" of mental health care. Barring a last-minute decision – the academy's executives have appealed to regulators with an improvement plan – the for-profit mental health center in Riverview will no longer be able to provide long-term residential care to children and teenagers who suffer from severe mental illness. ...more

January 9, 2009

Priorities Upside Down During my 12-year tenure as a state legislator in New Hampshire, I had the responsibility at one point to serve as chairman of the House Committee on State Institutions in order to oversee the operation and standards of our Youth Development Center (YDC) along with other state facilities. Governmental overview of state institutions is always needed, although experience shows that it is seldom productive. ...more

January 7, 2009

A troubled youth mental health center in Riverview has laid off more than a third of its staff now that the state has removed many of the children in its care. ...more

January 4, 2009

A troubled youth mental health center in Riverview has laid off more than a third of its staff now that the state has removed many of the children in its care. ...more

January 3, 2009

Susan Mays bought a house more than two years ago and made it a homeless shelter for women and children, relying on faith that it would work out. Her faith is being tested as she tries to hold off foreclosure almost five months after losing her job and the income that helped support the Amen Outreach Ministry Shelter for Women and Children. ...more

December 31, 2008