The California Assembly has passed landmark education-reform bills that will give parents and state officials broad authority to overhaul the state's worst schools. ...more

January 5, 2010

Pinellas County parents who hope to get their children into magnet, fundamental or career academy programs next year will be applying online only for the first time this year. ...more

January 5, 2010

Pinellas parents who hope to get their children into magnet, fundamental or career academy programs next year will be applying online only for the first time this year. ...more

January 4, 2010

Fight followed argument over victim's previous interracial relationship, according to arrest report ...more

December 30, 2009

It was such an eye opener; my son called the other day and his first words were, "Mom, all those Santa Clause's helpers in the malls deserve 10 times the salary they get." When I asked what brought him to that profound decision, he tearfully told me that last week, while working as a police officer in a town nearby, he was approached by his chief, who asked him if he would fill in for the Santa Clause that could not show up for the Christmas parade scheduled for that evening. He had a great time as he waved to all the children on the parade's route. After the parade, he was then asked to sit on Santa's throne and listen to all the children's wishes. That sounded like fun, thinking that he would be hearing all the wishes his own kids have of laptops, cell phones, etc. ...more

December 28, 2009

Evening clinics will open the second week of January for Hillsborough County children needing a second dose of the swine flu vaccine. ...more

December 27, 2009

Evening clinics will open the second week of January for Hillsborough County children needing a second dose of the swine flu vaccine. ...more

December 25, 2009

A probation officer was arrested on a domestic battery charge Sunday night after repeatedly kicking her estranged husband in the testicles, a sheriff's report states. ...more

December 21, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Six students at Pine View Elementary School in Land O' Lakes were bitten by ticks this month, according to the Pasco County school district. Assistant Superintendent David Scanga thought the children might have picked up the ticks on the playground, so after the school discovered the problem, the campus was sprayed to get rid of the parasites. ...more

December 17, 2009

I would like to share with the public that I attended the Christmas parade in Brooksville Saturday morning. ...more

December 16, 2009