Editor's note: This parable about taxes has circulated on the Internet for years, attributed to various professors and economists. Its authorship remains unclear, though Snopes.com says it was first printed in a letter to the editor in The Chicago Tribune. It may be well-traveled, but this little lesson retains its relevance and charm. ...more

February 18, 2008

City residents who want to ask a firefighter-paramedic about rescue equipment or a public works employee exactly what happens when a toilet is flushed can have those questions and many others answered next Saturday during the Tarpon Springs City Celebration. ...more

February 16, 2008

Dear Abby: I'm a 14-year-old girl and an only child. My parents, "Ellie" and "Miles," are divorced. My dad, a recovering alcoholic, relapsed last year. ...more

February 10, 2008

After reading the article concerning the teacher "Owns Up to DUI," I began to doubt that Hernando County takes driving under the influence seriously. Mr. Mockler did not "own up" to the DUI. He simply pleaded guilty to a lesser charge that will never reflect a DUI in his record. ...more

January 29, 2008

A 55-year-old Clearwater nurse is the first person to file a complaint against a bar since the Legislature passed a law protecting designated drivers last year, state officials said. ...more

January 25, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A 9-year-old boy has been chosen as the winner of the 12th annual Design-A-Holiday-Card contest, which benefits The Children's Home. ...more

December 1, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - A Powell Middle School teacher protested just before his arrest on a DUI charge that "everybody drinks and drives" and asked the deputy why he was giving him "such a hard time," according to a report. ...more

November 13, 2007

Want some entertainment with a retro feel? The Fun-Lan on East Hillsborough Avenue at 22nd Street in Tampa is one of the few places where moviegoers can nestle in their automobile cocoons to watch first-run movies such as "American Gangster" with Denzel Washington. And as if that isn't weirdly delicious enough, the Fun-Lan mystique doesn't vanish at sunrise. ...more

November 13, 2007

A nonprofit computer repair shop that refurbishes old equipment and distributes computers to families and schools that couldn't afford them on their own has a waiting list of about 100 names. ...more

November 10, 2007

One-time Tampa City Council candidate Frank Margarella must pay the Florida Elections Commission $3,000, or he could face penalties almost three times that amount. ...more

October 30, 2007