The ascendance of the Tampa Bay Rays to the World Series is a blessing for baseball that should thrill every fan of this great sport. It proves that miracles can happen, and the teams which attempt to buy their way into a championship every year will not succeed 100 percent of the time. ...more

October 21, 2008

University of South Florida trustees this week will consider raising the fees students pay for campus activities, health services and athletics. ...more

October 13, 2008

The Rays won the AL East with a payroll of about one-fifth that of the New York Yankees and one-third that of the Boston Red Sox. ...more

October 2, 2008

The so-called "miracle" season is nothing new in baseball but never has there been something quite like what the Rays have pulled off. ...more

September 27, 2008

AL EAST: THROUGH THE YEARS 2008 (current standings) ...more

September 27, 2008

The University of South Florida took control of the troubled Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute this summer, and on Wednesday it announced that 19 of the center's 71 workers have been laid off, most of them administrators. The cuts will save the center $2 million a year, roughly 40 percent in salaries and benefits. ...more

September 25, 2008

Another police officer was paid for hours he spent teaching at Pasco Hernando Community College, according to a city investigation released Tuesday. ...more

September 17, 2008

This city still can call itself home to one of the world's largest electronics makers. ...more

September 13, 2008

Kenneth Fong, whose complaints about payroll discrepancies led to last month's resignation of Zephyrhills police Chief Russell Barnes, will not be rejoining the Zephyrhills Police Department. ...more

September 13, 2008

Kenneth Fong, a former city policeman whose complaints about payroll discrepancies within the Zephyrhills Police Department led to last month's resignation of police Chief Russell Barnes, wants his job back. ...more

September 6, 2008