In the week leading up to Friday night's game at Orlando-Central Florida Christian, Hernando Christian Academy Head Coach David Raley said "it would be a wonderful surprise" for his Lions to pull out a victory. ...more

September 14, 2008

It's not a big surprise that enrollment is down in Highlands County schools this year. The lower number is a product of our ailing economy, and the need for families to follow jobs wherever they can find them. Unfortunately, sometimes those jobs are elsewhere. ...more

September 5, 2008

When Tom McHugh arrived inside the Pasco High locker room last season, he saw something special. ...more

September 3, 2008

Micheal Spurlock made history last year. Now the only Buccaneer to return a kick for a touchdown is history. Dexter Jackson is the reason. ...more

September 1, 2008

Sales of existing homes bounced 5 percent in the Tampa Bay area in July compared with the same month a year ago, according to data released today by the Florida Association of Realtors. ...more

August 25, 2008

Just before 7 a.m. Monday, Evi Gonzalez and his wife, Marlen, sat waiting for assistance in the Reddick Elementary School office. With them were their sons Ryan, 6, and Evi Jr., 5. The couple thought their children were supposed to go to Cypress Creek Elementary, where Ryan was a student last year. They assumed Evi would be enrolled there but were taken by surprise when they got a notice in the mail. Both boys were to become Reddick students. The Gonzalez family was not the only one confused by the change of assignments. Scores of others encountered similar problems and had to wait in line for help at the start of the school day. But the Reddick support staff swarmed to register the children involved and help parents figure out their transportation needs. ...more

August 19, 2008

Things are tight for city and county governments these days, what with a slow economy and falling tax revenue, so reducing spending is the order of the day. That was the case this week in Tarpon Springs. The financial times there are financially straitened enough that commissioners entertained the idea of cutting from the city's budget for fiscal 2009 money for Christmas decorations. In the end, they decided not to go that far, with Mayor Beverley Billiris stating, "Somehow you just don't mess with Christmas or the holidays." ...more

August 2, 2008

The east side of Trillium was untouched for months. That was not a surprise. Most new subdivisions in Hernando County have nearly halted construction plans because of the slumping residential market. ...more

July 8, 2008

As New Port Richey Mayor Scott McPherson noted, last week's decision by St. Petersburg-based commercial developer Grady Pridgen to sell the downtown land on the Pithlachascotee River he owns wasn't a surprise. The decision, however, says a lot about the state of downtown redevelopment. ...more

June 25, 2008

Assistant County Attorney Kent Weissinger said his Web site - which has garnered much media attention recently - will be "on break" for a few days. ...more

June 22, 2008