TAMPA-- Estarían en juego los pues­tos de algunos empleados municipales de grupos mino­ritarios, entre ellos hispanos, según un estudio. Pero pocos latinos participaron en una manifestación frente al ayun­tamiento de Tampa la semana pasada, para protestar por los despidos anunciados en noviembre por la alcaldesa Pam Iorio. ...more

December 27, 2007

El análisis del concejal John Dingfelder de los empleados que podrían encarar despidos el año próximo muestra que más del 70% de los afectados serían hispanos o negros. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Folks walking by Lykes Gaslight Square in downtown Tampa today might do a double take as they pass thousands of cans illuminated by the sun and neatly lined up in the grass. The 15,000 Campbell's soup cans are part of Metropolitan Ministries' Food for Thought, a campaign to raise the profile of Bay area people in need. ...more

December 11, 2007

"I wanted to cry. There just wasn't time. I wanted to hear his speech." Pam Tebow, Tim's mother ...more

December 9, 2007

How do you know when you meet the real deal? When they know your sister's name and which vegetables you haven't been eating. ...more

December 8, 2007

Regarding "Ybor City Parking Meter-Free For Month" (Metro, Nov. 30): Twenty-one thousand dollars in revenue? That's what the city is making a month on parking in Ybor? ...more

December 3, 2007

New Orleans might be known for its superior Cajun food, but the overwhelming image most people have of Louisiana's most famous city is partying on Bourbon Street. ...more

December 2, 2007

Concejal pide saber sexo y raza de posibles despedidos ...more

November 30, 2007

AVON PARK — Individualized Study Services sounds like an educational plan tailored for the particular student. In a way that is exactly what it is, but years ago ISS was short for In School Suspension. So as that former name implies, it's a program for students with disciplinary problems that are not serious enough to merit an Out of School Suspension or, at the secondary level, assignment to The Academy at Youth Care Lane alternative program. But at the elementary level some schools, such as Lake Country Elementary, don't have ISS. ...more

November 26, 2007

About three years ago, Frances Hereford and her then-neighbor Pam Justice opened Southern Grace, a shop selling gifts and accessories in a former residence on U.S. 41. Although it no longer houses a family, it has all the charms of home. ...more

November 24, 2007