Concerned about development and an incident that involved teenagers shooting paintballs at leopards, Big Cat Rescue officials began the first phase of installing a 10-foot-tall wall around the sanctuary's property. ...more

February 9, 2008

Three were decisive at the start. Two fire bosses voted not to renew the fire chief's contract. ...more

January 25, 2008

A governor who has been reluctant to raise tuition for Florida's college and university students has, at his side, an adviser who warns that the state's universities are "severely underfunded." ...more

January 4, 2008

The Brooksville City Council voted 4-1 Monday night to remove Brooksville Housing Authority Board Chairman Steve Zeledon. ...more

December 18, 2007

A Brooksville Housing Authority board member has been charged with inefficiency and neglect of duty while a second, who had initially refused to resign, has decided to step down after all. ...more

December 10, 2007

A second Brooksville Housing Authority board member has refused Mayor David Pugh's request to resign. ...more

December 4, 2007

The Tampa Bay History Center has a long history of its own. At the groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the museum that will be built on Channelside, former History Center Board Chairman Tom Touchton recounted he was first recruited for the project 19 years ago. ...more

December 4, 2007

From start to finish, fire commissioner Robert Giammarco barked about the board's tendency - in his view - to waste taxpayer money, but one colleague barked back, accusing him of being misguidedly tightfisted. ...more

November 30, 2007

AVON PARK — Its members question their own existence. What is their role? What purpose do they have toward benefiting the city, or are they nothing more than a waste of space, time, effort and ultimately the taxpayer's dollar? After finding out earlier this month that its own members lacked the authority to dissolve itself, the four remaining members of the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board considered resigning. Main Street CRA advisory board Chairman Devon Donaldson, speaking for the board, repeated the frustrations he had with the council, and what they saw as the inability of the board to have much of an input on facade grants as a reason for their attempted disbanding. ...more

November 26, 2007

After 10 months without his city salary or health benefits, former Tampa police Capt. Marion Lewis will have to wait even longer to learn if he gets back the job he left to run for mayor. ...more

November 20, 2007