Students at a central Florida high school sit in the gym when their teachers are absent because there's no money to pay substitute teachers. ...more

January 31, 2009

9:57 p.m. Long after the polls closed, as about 100 University of South Florida students waited in line to cast their votes, Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson told reporters that school officials underestimated the turnout. During a 20-minute period, the on-campus polling center was out of ballots. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:15 p.m. University of South Florida's Marshall Center The last 100 or so students are standing in line at the University of South Florida's Marshall Center still waiting to vote. Officials say during a 20-minute period tonight they had run out of ballots. ...more

November 4, 2008

Hillsborough County adopted new noise rules Thursday designed to increase restrictions on amplified music played after 11 p.m. and make it easier to take annoying noise-makers to court and fine them. ...more

September 19, 2008

Ten years of hard work has finally paid off for Ben Barger. The windsurfer will be competing next week in sailing at the Olympics in Beijing. ...more

August 5, 2008

Big deal. The plan is this: Wednesday night, on cable television broadcast around the world, someone by the name of Criss Angel is going to attempt to escape an abandoned Clearwater Beach hotel before it blows up. ...more

July 27, 2008

As gas prices continue to climb, local governments consider buying biodiesel and limiting how long cars can idle. ...more

June 16, 2008

Those who shopped Saturday at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office were looking for very specific items - their own. ...more

December 9, 2007

The south end of Pepin Stadium has been the Bermuda Triangle for Saint Leo soccer - the place where an entire season vanished, thanks to freak circumstances. ...more

October 19, 2007

Swat! Take that, New York Yankees. Helped by a freakish invasion of bombarding bugs that rattled rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning, the Indians rallied to beat the Yankees 2-1 in 11 innings to take a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series. ...more

October 6, 2007