A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist." ...more

November 4, 2008

Cornelia Corbett has poured her heart and soul into the Tampa Museum of Art, devoting time and money to ensure the city has a place to show its artwork. ...more

November 4, 2008

A university president temporarily will lead the state university system as a newly formed committee finds a permanent replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, who is planning a return to Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 27, 2008

Hillsborough School Board Chairwoman Jennifer Faliero only has a little more than a month left at the helm of this panel and given the dysfunction of this board and Faliero's attempts to muzzle opponents, that's a good thing. ...more

October 24, 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

Discourse turned ugly Tuesday night when the chairwoman of the Hillsborough County School Board tried to stop a board member from speaking and motioned for her to be removed from the room. ...more

October 22, 2008

Known as "Chef Shari," Shari Mereness of Riverview will demonstrate how to make a chunky tomato herb Gazpacho soup as well as rosemary lavender chicken kabobs using rosemary branches as skewers during a culinary expo in Sun City Center. ...more

October 22, 2008

Community Hall will be transformed into a Las Vegas showroom with glitter, feather and furs as Martin Preston performs as Liberace Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. ...more

October 22, 2008