Florida State players and coaches were at a pre-Gator Bowl banquet Saturday night when word began to spread that Urban Meyer was stepping down as coach of the Florida Gators. ...more

December 28, 2009

Florida coach Urban Meyer explained his sudden change of mind to remain in his current position at a Sugar Bowl press conference on Sunday, after first announcing on Saturday night that he was stepping down as the Gators' coach after five years. ...more

December 27, 2009

Matthew Kadel's checkered career as a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy has come to an end. ...more

December 23, 2009

D'Ambrosio replaces Scott Boer, who guided the Lions to a pair of regional semifinal playoff appearances. ...more

December 7, 2009

Sonya Jackson, Ken Pritz are still in the running ...more

November 20, 2009

City Attorney Karla Owens is resigning her position as the city's planning director and will remain with the city as a part-time city attorney. ...more

November 5, 2009

A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned. ...more

November 3, 2009

The back-and-forth between fire commissioners began seconds after the Pledge of Allegiance. ...more

October 30, 2009

The founder and former head of Clearwater-based Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services was found dead last week in a Valdosta, Ga., hotel room in an apparent suicide. ...more

October 27, 2009

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez left Washington on Wednesday with some regrets, some accomplishments and some frustration with a process he says often puts politics ahead of policy. His farewell speech to the Senate came 16 months before his first term was to expire. His resignation leaves one Hispanic in the Senate, Robert Menendez, D-N.J. Gov. Charlie Crist picked his former chief of staff, George LeMieux, to replace Martinez. ...more

September 10, 2009