Instead of packing it in, PACK is hoping businesses and individual donors will help make up for the loss of a $50,000 state grant for an annual summer camp for youths with disabilities. ...more

May 10, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY — Even with a $1.5 million settlement they received this week, the parents of Lexi Antorino don't expect to have enough money to care for their daughter, who was injured in the collapse of an unanchored swing set in December. ...more

May 2, 2008

Ray Webb was an idea man. Remembered by friends as gregarious and unapologetically outspoken, Webb was a former owner of the Dade City Banner newspaper and radio station WDCF. He also was instrumental in bringing Pasco-Hernando Community College to the area. ...more

April 24, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The people running government can have all kinds of ideas, but what government does or doesn't do often comes down to whether there's enough money. ...more

February 25, 2008

A little more than a year after the notorious intersection of interstates 4 and 275 in downtown Tampa was upgraded, traffic is again slowing down and sometimes grinding to a halt, and not just during rush hours. ...more

February 24, 2008

The growth of Florida's popular Bright Futures scholarship is far outpacing increases in lottery education money that pays for the award. ...more

February 21, 2008

Give Mark Mains a Sharpie and a piece of white paper, and he can draw your likeness in less than three minutes. ...more

February 20, 2008

Right now, every Florida homeowner, automobile owner and business owner is liable for "hidden taxes" in the form of assessments from Florida's Hurricane Catastrophe (CAT) Fund. The risk we face results from an attempt by the state to reduce homeowners' insurance during the insurance rate crisis following the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. ...more

February 20, 2008

It was a great turnout Saturday evening for Joanne Schoch's birthday party, held at the Humane Society of the Nature Coast. She, along with six other kind-hearted folks ranging in age from 10 to - well, way more than 10 - stayed another night with their "pen pals." ...more

February 19, 2008

The voicemails making their way around town from USF President Judy Genshaft reveal a university president out of touch with her community. ...more

February 15, 2008