The agency that investigates judges announced Thursday it is dropping its ethics complaint against 2nd District Court of Appeal Judge Thomas E. Stringer. ...more

March 20, 2009

Hillsborough County's teacher of the year celebrated in style Thursday with her class at Cleveland Elementary School. Megan Allen and some of her fourth-grade students enjoyed a limousine ride as part of her prize, which also included a yearlong lease of a Lexus, thousands of dollars in education scholarships and a four-day trip to the Bahamas. We're guessing Allen won't be making that a class trip, however. ...more

March 20, 2009

Leaders for the Westchase community are looking at their legal options to go after a company that caused thousands of dollars of damage to trees. ...more

March 11, 2009

Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody's name. But after tending bar for 35 years at the Boston tavern that inspired the television show "Cheers," Doyle has been laid off. ...more

March 10, 2009

The issue: Should county government continue to offer employees tuition reimbursement at taxpayers' expense? Our opinion: Ax the program during tough economic times. ...more

March 8, 2009

Some Americans are learning a jarring lesson about unemployment as they prepare their tax returns. ...more

March 7, 2009

Simmons College has come up with a low-tech solution to get rid of the flock of Canada geese fouling its quad. ...more

February 24, 2009

Fifty local middle school students competed Friday for thousands of dollars in grants to support their schools through a fitness challenge called What Moves U. ...more

February 21, 2009

WFLA, Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, will hold off unplugging its analog television signal until June 12, the new date envisioned for the nation's switch to digital TV. ...more

February 9, 2009

A person close to Britney Spears says the singer has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. ...more

January 30, 2009