After spending $4,000 to advertise a job opening, the region's transportation authority decided to pull the plug on the hiring after applicants and authority members expressed confusion about what the job involves. ...more

November 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Teresa Tapp taps into a person's brain in her exercise workouts. Forget jumping, lifting weights and dieting. ...more

November 7, 2008

A team of school district staff, administrators and guidance counselors who reviewed Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith's leadership skills will report their findings to school staff Monday, Hillsborough County School District spokesman Stephen Hegarty said. ...more

November 7, 2008

James Yant won the primary with nearly a 20-point lead over the next-closest opponent, Gene Magrini. ...more

November 5, 2008

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

November 4, 2008

Last January, I wrote a column predicting that the suggested Spring Hill Fire Rescue merger "would be too hot for commissioners to handle." ...more

October 26, 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

Wednesday night was highlighted by a series of lasts for the Spring Hill Fire Rescue Board. ...more

October 23, 2008

The Duval County School Board will vote on whether to rename a school named after a former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader. ...more

October 22, 2008

Pete Pollard, executive director of the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency, says it's all about looking ahead and maintaining minimum architectural standards. ...more

October 15, 2008