8:41 p.m.: The doors are open at the Tampa Waterside Marriott for those who volunteered for Barack Obama's campaign in Florida. ...more

November 4, 2008

A St. Petersburg police officer resigned amid allegations she falsified her application for a job with the department. Had Elisha Perkins not resigned, she would have been fired, according to a police memorandum released Monday. ...more

November 4, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Ex-Shark Jason Joens is making the transition from linebacker to defensive end for the Thiel College Tomcats. ...more

October 8, 2008

Here's the latest evidence that Florida - and Tampa, especially - is a key presidential battleground: the amount of money Barack Obama and John McCain continue to spend on TV ads. ...more

September 19, 2008

A registered sex offender in Pennsylvania faces charges of tempting a minor to have sex after federal authorities say he chatted online with an undercover agent in Tampa posing as a teenage girl. ...more

August 29, 2008

A 38-year-old St. Petersburg man suspected of planning to kill his ex-wife in Pinellas County was killed in a head-on wreck while fleeing police in Pennsylvania, and the driver of the car his vehicle collided with was killed also, Gulfport police said. ...more

August 22, 2008

A 38-year-old St. Petersburg man suspected of planning to kill his ex-wife in Pinellas County was killed in a head-on wreck while fleeing from police in Pennsylvania, and the driver of the car his vehicle smashed in to was killed, too, Gulfport police said. ...more

August 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. ...more

July 31, 2008

By RONNIE BLAIR The Tampa Tribune LAND O' LAKES Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. Cara Allen, principal at Giella Elementary, will transfer Aug. 10 to take over the leadership role at Moon Lake. The Pasco County School Board approved Allen's appointment Tuesday evening. She succeeds Susan Barcellino, who came to Pasco County from Collier County in March to take the Moon Lake principal job. Barcellino has resigned because she is moving back to Collier County to resume working for the school district there. The district has not yet chosen a new principal for Giella Elementary. Allen is a veteran educator and administrator. She began her career in 1984 as a teacher in Hernando County, according to a school district memorandum. In 1994, she was hired as an assistant principal at Gulfside Elementary and later also served as an assistant principal at Sand Pine Elementary. She became principal at Giella Elementary in 2001. Allen holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a master's degree in education from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. ...more

July 30, 2008

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June 9, 2008