Even the people who run it will admit the Pasco County Public Transportation bus system for years had more good intentions than riders. When the PCPT system first began rolling, Pasco officials felt the buses were something the county should have, even if there were only a relative handful of people willing to climb aboard. It now has riders but could have more if it were easier to use. ...more

June 7, 2008

Ruse To Divert Attention I read that Superintendent Wayne Alexander is "examining every dollar, in every department, every day," and even considering a four-day school week to save $650,000. This is clearly a ruse to divert attention from the real cuts. If it's not we're in big trouble! ...more

June 3, 2008

MASON, Ohio - Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel, son of the late daredevil Evel Knievel, successfully jumped over 24 delivery trucks Saturday night at the site of one of his father's most famous stunts. ...more

May 25, 2008

The Tampa Bay History Center will make history when it opens in December, the first time the city has had such a spectacular free-standing structure for its artifacts and stories. ...more

May 24, 2008

Pfizer Inc.'s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group's report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug's use by pilots and air traffic controllers. ...more

May 22, 2008

Veteran Support I read about Don Sloane's problem with the parking ticket, and I am in complete sympathy with him. ...more

May 9, 2008

The Carrollwood Express route is vanishing, but waiters and hospital workers will get a break with new late-night service under a package of route changes approved Monday by Hillsborough County's bus agency. ...more

February 5, 2008

Regarding "Respite In Clinton-Obama Racial Row" (Our Opinion, Jan. 16): I do believe that Senator Clinton was complimenting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King needed someone to champion the legislation and sign it into law. ...more

January 21, 2008

In a climate of budget tightening, the county's public bus service plans to retool some routes next spring. ...more

December 22, 2007

BRADENTON - A man reportedly stalked a woman for several hours, following her on the bus, before attacking her outside her home hours later. ...more

December 19, 2007