As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned Friday. ...more

January 9, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned today. Brightbill, 42, faces charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. The mother of a 17-year-old female student came home on Dec. 31 to find Brightbill and the girl together in her bedroom clad only in their underwear, police said. Brightbill admitted to engaging in sex acts with the girl that day and at his home one day last November, according to police. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Nature Coast band director charged with having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student will resign. ...more

January 8, 2009

A hesitant city council decided late Monday to put off a decision on handing over candidate filing duties to the county elections supervisor. ...more

January 7, 2009

Art lovers can start 2009 checking out a local artist in a new show at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

January 7, 2009

Art lovers can start 2009 checking out a local artist in a new show at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

January 7, 2009

Nature Coast Technical High School is without a band director today, the first day back for students after the winter break. ...more

January 6, 2009

The likely consequences of an alleged encounter with a 17-year-old student would radically change Timothy Brightbill's life. ...more

January 3, 2009

Food retailers are wrongfully blaming the ethanol industry for jacking up the cost of a Thanksgiving Day feast, the Renewable Fuels Association said Tuesday. ...more

November 26, 2008

Food retailers are wrongfully blaming the ethanol industry for jacking up the cost of a Thanksgiving Day feast, the Renewable Fuels Association said today. ...more

November 25, 2008