LAND O' LAKES - A teacher who successfully fought to keep his job after he was accused of assaulting a student will receive back pay for the nine months he was suspended. ...more

October 7, 2009

Mel Martinez wasn't out of a job for long. Legal Times, which covers legal and lobbying issues in Washington, D.C., reported Tuesday that Florida's former senator will become a partner in the Washington and Tampa offices of the DLA Piper law firm. ...more

September 23, 2009

It seems to me that Barbara Stewart and Jeff Carlson are still vindictive and vengeful in spirit against the Highlands County Sheriff and her department. Reading in the paper today of the vote they cast, I just wonder if they did they get a raise? Did they refuse it or give it to a needy cause? ...more

September 6, 2009

Close to the most valuable asset in a Democratic republic is the sanctity of one vote per qualified voter. Shortly after the November, 2008 elections there were those who boasted about the number of times they had voted. Acorn paid people to register voters. ...more

September 2, 2009

Academy Awards voters are going to have to put extra effort into their choices for best picture. Oscar overseers are adopting a preferential-voting system in which academy members rank their best-picture favorites from 1 to 10. ...more

September 1, 2009

Help prevent the spread of Breast Cancer. ...more

August 31, 2009

The Florida Aquarium and Tampa are closing in on a previously stalled agreement on a new lease for the city-owned attraction, city and aquarium officials said Thursday. ...more

August 28, 2009

The Tampa Port Authority on Tuesday OK'd a $150,000 request by Tampa Historic Streetcar for fiscal 2009-10 by a 4-3 vote. ...more

August 19, 2009

The Lake Placid Town Council has approved a bid from a Sebring company for road work on three streets in the town. ...more

August 14, 2009

New York Yankees star Derek Jeter will be allowed to put up a 6-foot privacy fence at his Davis Islands megamansion, the city's variance review board decided tonight. ...more

August 11, 2009