The phones at Hernando High School have been ringing off the hook with irate calls from parents who received an unusually sly prank letter in the mail over the weekend. ...more

June 3, 2008

Fake letters sent with school letterhead, postage. ...more

June 2, 2008

Brittany Romer, 21, of Gibsonton, committed suicide Feb. 16 through compression of the neck, according to the Hillsborough medical examiner's office. ...more

February 23, 2008

The County Commission received a lot of calls last week from people expressing opposition to expanding the Pasco County Resource Recovery Facility. What spurred the calls – a flyer that appeared in many Pasco mailboxes last week. The mass mailing warned of possible pollution from an expanded resource recovery facility, which burns garbage to produce electricity. The flyer conveniently listed the number of the County Commission office. ...more

February 12, 2008

Despite remarkably quick passage, the government's economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. For many experts, however, the $168 billion boost to the lagging economy may mean the difference between a short downturn and something much more serious. ...more

February 10, 2008

Barbara Souza depends on her child support each month, and this week, when she didn't get a check, she was itching for a scrap with her ex-husband. She didn't know it at the time, but she wasn't alone. ...more

February 1, 2008

SEBRING — The regular annual rush to file tax returns starts this week and professional tax preparers are sharpening pencils and spending more time at the keyboard. When most W-2s hit mailboxes, it sparks a surge of taxpayers filing for an earlier refund. Employers are required to mail or make tax information available by Jan. 31. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - Barbara Souza depends on her child support each month, and this week, when she didn't get a check, she was itching for a scrap with her ex-husband. She didn't know it at the time, but she was not alone. ...more

January 31, 2008

The schools may be located 2,499 miles apart, but the University of South Florida and Oregon both went through eerily similar paths to reach the Sun Bowl. ...more

December 27, 2007

PARRISH - Police are looking for vandals who "tagged" more than a dozen houses, cars and mailboxes with gang graffiti over the weekend, authorities reported. ...more

November 19, 2007