Jobs trump airplane After reading the story, "Unequipped pest plane idle 6 years" (front page, Dec. 20), I started shaking my head in disbelief over our local government at work. All I can say is that I hope come mosquito season the overpriced 1979 King Air finally gets in the air and does the job it was meant to do in 2003, or I say let's go back to the trucks. It just might save a few county workers their jobs in 2010! ...more

December 24, 2009

In describing his first-time starter in center field Thursday, Rays manager Joe Maddon used the old line about him being "a coach on the field." ...more

February 27, 2009

Rays reliever Chad Bradford had elbow surgery last week and will be sidelined three to four months, the team announced today. ...more

February 9, 2009

Alafia Elementary School will have a new principal by early January -- an announcement that comes one week after its embattled leader asked for a transfer. ...more

December 16, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Most school boundary discussions involve parents pleading for the district to keep their children at their current schools. ...more

October 1, 2008

Maureen Chiodini, director of wellness for Tampa Metro YMCAs, tells a story about the woman who liked Stairmasters. She came to the downtown Y for only two days, but it was enough to alarm the staff. ...more

August 16, 2008

John McLaren was fired Thursday as manager of the Seattle Mariners, who began the season with playoff aspirations and now have the majors' worst record. ...more

June 20, 2008

LAKE PLACID — After two years as assistant principal of Lake Placid High School, Michael Haley is set to become principal of the home of the Green Dragons. ...more

May 7, 2008

SEBRING — April Milicevic planned to drive her daughter each weekday from Lake Placid to Bartow so she could attend a school with an International Baccalaureate diploma program. ...more

February 20, 2008

The Hillsborough County School Board should make the district's process of giving some parents access to crowded schools more transparent, a board member said Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008