After Spain claimed ownership of a sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million this week, the Tampa company that recovered the loot has fired back, saying the rightful owner is a mystery and that it's entitled to a share of the find. ...more

May 10, 2008

Rall Why Reader Subscribes Re: Peter Stathis' rant about Rall. I would expect no less from Mr. Stathis, since I have had the displeasure of reading many of his letters which you seem to find desirable to print on a regular basis. ...more

May 8, 2008

Our county government is a mess. They change committees to suit their agenda. If the results are not to their paradigm, they change the rules or committees. Example, they first decided that a new "CEO" a.k.a. county administrator, should be hired after his or her staff has been hired. What a colossal error. I can only think of one reason for this. They wanted to be sure that their special people were promoted to these higher-paying jobs. But when the committee sent the second selection of the new directors' jobs, they were not all that happy. So they just changed the rules and the next ones will be a group of finalists. ...more

February 20, 2008

It is abundantly clear that Hernando County Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre has failed to uphold the integrity of the position she now holds. ...more

January 12, 2008

The Dick's Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions, which featured some of the best high school club lacrosse teams in North America fighting it out for the national championship in Wesley Chapel last weekend, doesn't need to look for another site next year. ...more

January 9, 2008

County Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre maintains she did nothing wrong when she kept candidate petition cards on top of her desk on the third floor government building. ...more

January 5, 2008

Just 53 days ago, Chris Leko and the Sunlake girl's soccer team took the field for the first time with almost no knowledge of what the future would hold. ...more

December 18, 2007

Two months ago, it looked like the Bucs would spend a good part of their offseason looking for a running back to back up or possibly replace Cadillac Williams. ...more

December 16, 2007

She's one of the best-known CEOs in the Tampa Bay area. She heads an organization with a $43 million budget and 120 full-time employees. Her organization's always in the spotlight, and a half- million people walk through the doors every year. ...more

December 9, 2007

A court awarded $11,000 Wednesday to a woman who said she woke up during major abdominal surgery but was unable to tell doctors she was in terrible pain. ...more

December 6, 2007