Patients at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital were given the royal treatment at a Queen for a Day tea party Feb. 8. ...more

February 20, 2008

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County stepped up in a big way for this community this week, approving a new effort to educate homeless children and saving a center for domestic violence victims from certain demise. ...more

February 2, 2008

What Has County Come To? So, the witch hunt actually begins. Interim County Administrator Larry Jennings has suspended 10-year veteran Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre for five days without pay for making "unsubstantiated accusations" against Diane Rowden. Unsubstantiated. Not disproved. I thought we had freedom of speech in this country? We may never find out who truly is responsible for breaking into Barbara's office, but I bet Jay Rowden could shed some light on this. Barbara Dupre can no longer participate in the selection of our next county administrator, just as Diane Rowden wanted in the first place. Isn't it strange how that worked out? By the way, what is Jay Rowden's position within the Democratic Party? ...more

January 16, 2008

Re: Sue Quigley column, "Exodus, The Tide Of Emigration," Hernando Today, Dec. 26. ...more

December 29, 2007

Nov. 11 is a day to remember. All Americans everywhere should proclaim Veterans Day (formerly known as Armistice Day) and should be willing to rededicate themselves to the cause of peace. ...more

November 1, 2007

Do you know a child hero? St. Joseph's Children's Hospital is taking nominations for their 11th annual Kids Are Heroes campaign, which awards children, between 5-18, who have shown extraordinary courage or charity. ...more

October 30, 2007

We hear it all the time: Candidates for political office seldom give straight answers. Much of what we learn about them comes from political advertisements developed by their opponents and special-interest groups. That's politics. ...more

October 30, 2007

One of the first things Peyton Manning did Monday was to place a congratulatory phone call to the new king of quarterbacks, Brett Favre. That's one time you'd love to have a bug in that phone, just to listen in as two of the best to ever play the position chatted it up. ...more

October 4, 2007

We should honor the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep America free, and to salute the families of the missing who continue to keep the candle of hope alive today. The National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Sept. 21. There are about 88,000 Americans to date who are missing and unaccounted for from the wars which our nation was involved in, going back as far as World War II. These are our military, and civilians who are our mothers, fathers, sons, daughters. How sad. A lot of these wars ended a long time ago. But as we pause to remember their sacrifices, we should also remember the sacrifices of the families who are still grieving their loss. ...more

September 15, 2007

Heroes come in many forms, though most work too far from camera range for most of us to notice. ...more

September 5, 2007