The city is paying almost $24,500 in back pay and other costs to former police Chief Russell Barnes and former police Sgt. Robert Perrault, both of whom resigned last month. ...more

September 5, 2008

A federal agency has approved Tampa General Hospital's plan to improve patient safety in its psychiatric ward, reducing the threat the hospital would lose tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding. ...more

September 4, 2008

City officials have launched another probe into payroll discrepancies in the police department, two weeks after a similar investigation led to the police chief's resignation. ...more

August 29, 2008

From a challenge to the new sprinkler ordinance by a nationwide homebuilder to an investigation of payroll discrepancies in the police department, the cost of safeguarding this city from legal action has nearly doubled in the past year. ...more

August 28, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Robert Perrault Jr., a former sergeant accused of padding his time sheets at the Zephyrhills Police Department, can continue teaching criminal justice classes at Zephyrhills High School. ...more

August 27, 2008

New hires with the Pasco County School District are typically lumped together in the same agenda item and approved by the school board with little or no discussion. ...more

August 23, 2008

Conditions at Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric unit "pose an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients," according to a federal agency's investigation of two suicides there in July. ...more

August 21, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned Tuesday morning, less than an hour before the city council was scheduled to decide whether to fire him. ...more

August 20, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned Tuesday, a day after an internal investigation concluded he had falsified payroll records. Barnes, 55, submitted his letter of resignation less than an hour before city council members were to consider firing him, as recommended by City Manager Steve Spina. ...more

August 20, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes resigned this morning, effectively immediately. ...more

August 19, 2008