Republican candidates swept local races in Pinellas County, winning all three contested county commission seats. ...more

November 5, 2008

Republican candidates swept local races in Pinellas County, winning all three contested county commission seats for starters. ...more

November 4, 2008

Perhaps the toughest part of naming a high school after the strawberry is finding a mascot. ...more

November 4, 2008

Perhaps the toughest part of naming a high school after the strawberry is finding a mascot. Young people in Plant City wonder: "Wouldn't it be tough to go out on the football field being 'strawberry something?'" ...more

November 3, 2008

Truancy is more than a student and school problem, retired educator Gabriel Read believes, it's a community problem that will take a united effort of counties and individuals to toughen the state's truancy law. ...more

October 24, 2008

It was a candidate cattle call, complete with a cowbell. More than two dozen candidates for seats ranging from school board to Congress each got a few minutes of air time Thursday at the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce's annual forum at the County Government Center. ...more

October 24, 2008

It was a candidate cattle call, complete with a cowbell. ...more

October 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Retiring school board member Marge Whaley still has one board meeting to go, but her colleagues decided to give her a rousing send-off early. ...more

October 23, 2008

Longtime school board member Jim Malcolm broke his silence Tuesday. ...more

October 22, 2008

It's experience versus change in the state House District 57 race. Three-term Republican incumbent Faye Culp faces first-time Democratic candidate Yvonne Yolie Capin. The district covers South Tampa and portions of Town 'N Country and Westchase. ...more

October 19, 2008