Responding to complaints from two families, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has ordered a St. Petersburg funeral home to immediately cease any services involving embalming or refrigeration. Sink issued the order last week against the Morning Glory Funeral Chapel of St. Petersburg, 3301 5th Ave. S. ...more

January 26, 2009

Questions will fly in households throughout Hillsborough County during the next several days now that the school board is preparing to sign off on plans that would shuffle thousands of students. ...more

January 23, 2009

The woman charged with killing her former lover in East Manatee County on Saturday told authorities she shot the woman in self defense. ...more

January 22, 2009

7 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-0455. ...more

January 21, 2009

Paul Simdars of Hudson says Rich Lowry's op-ed page column missed some of the major blunders of the Bush administration. ...more

January 21, 2009

The firings of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden and General Manager Bruce Allen were the talk of The Press Box tonight. Opinions were split at the popular restaurant and sports bar on South Dale Mabry Highway, though the anti-Gruden contingent was more prevalent in the hours after the firings were announced. ...more

January 16, 2009

Tampa area guitarist Molten Mike heads off to Australia this week for a five-week jaunt, his second stint through the land down under. ...more

January 13, 2009

Crowds gathered recently to watch a little glow in the dark. To be exact, it was a big glow involving hot-air balloons. ...more

January 1, 2009

Crowds gathered recently to watch a little glow in the dark. ...more

December 31, 2008

T.C. "Tommy" Bollinger of Tarpon Springs said President George W. Bush deserved to have a shoe thrown at him in Iraq. ...more

December 27, 2008