The board of the Hillsborough County teachers union has unanimously picked its new leader now that its long-serving executive director is retiring. Nicholas Whitman, who has led unions throughout the Midwest and Northeast, will take over the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association in August. ...more

June 22, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson held a voting-machine company responsible for a bungled November election count, but it didn't stop him from asking the vendor for a job. ...more

February 7, 2009

Save for a few relatives, probably no one at the commemoration ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base this morning really knew Lt. Michael Monsoor or Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Murphy. ...more

November 17, 2008

No Insult Detected Regarding Sept. 11 letters to the editor "An Offensive Remark" and "Outraged at Comment": ...more

September 16, 2008

Michael E. Long loved history and had a special fondness for teaching his students about the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. Somehow, he managed to do that without taking sides in the conflict that still sparks arguments more than 140 years after it was fought. "He was always objective," said Kelvin Faison, a friend and colleague of Long's at Pasco-Hernando Community College. "He was always intelligent that way." Long, 58, an associate professor of history and political science at PHCC, died Friday from complications associated with pneumonia, the college reported. ...more

September 15, 2008

She's 19, a self-described "law nerd," and has an identical twin sister among her six siblings. ...more

August 28, 2008

Politicians don't normally encourage opponents to run against them. But in the case of state Rep. Kevin Ambler, encouraging a young family friend of his to run against him as a write-in candidate could end up helping him. ...more

July 31, 2008

South Shore United Methodist Church in Gibsonton honored June 8 the following members of its congregation who graduated from college and high school: ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING – Sebring attorney Jim McCollum said people who don't think about the future will be stuck in the past. McCollum, who has been practicing law in Sebring for 35 years, thought ahead by bringing in two attorneys. Mia Mancinelli and J.L. Perez joined the firm last year. The firm will be known as McCollum, Mancinelli and Perez P.L. Mancinelli and Perez are considered members, which McCollum described as the "functional equivalent" of a partner. "I realized what a great job these guys had done and thought it was appropriate to put their names on the door," McCollum said. ...more

February 10, 2008

James R. Flynn, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Otaga in New Zealand, discovered two decades ago that IQ test scores were steadily rising in the developed world despite some evidence to the contrary, such as failing schools and stagnant standardized test scores - a phenomenon called the 'Flynn effect.' ...more

October 28, 2007