I am quite shocked by the fanfare that President-elect Obama has received for his plans for change. Just in the last few days the newspapers have reported the costs of these programs will be upwards of $1 trillion. After nearly eight solid years of Bush-bashing for the outgoing president's spending, how can any self-respecting adult do such an about-face and endorse expenditures of this magnitude and at such a financially insecure point in this nation's history? ...more

January 10, 2009

The Highlands County recycling bins that had been on Museum Avenue near The Depot Museum have been moved to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex. ...more

January 8, 2009

Enough of this baloney about $75 an hour for auto workers. My father and brother are retired auto workers. They don't make, nor have they ever made, anything close to that kind of a wage. The $75 an hour story has been debunked by the mainstream TV news outlets but newspapers don't investigate and report anymore. They only re-report and the $75 an hour story sells papers. If, as stated, the autoworkers' wages add 10 percent to the cost of an American auto, why do competing Japanese cars cost 10 percent more for comparable American models? ...more

December 9, 2008

Rose Ann Bright of New Port Richey says the Republican Party needs to regroup and be ready for victory in 2012. ...more

December 3, 2008

USF's offensive coordinator has become a cyberspace punching bag for Bulls fans. ...more

November 13, 2008

Opus sleeps with the bunnies, and Stephen Allen of Lutz saw it coming. Opus, the quirky, 28-year-old penguin who first waddled his way into American culture nearly 30 years ago as a character in the "Bloom County" comic strip, was last seen sound asleep in a snug bed with a stuffed bunny nuzzling his neck. ...more

November 11, 2008

SEBRING The Sebring Police Department is advising the public to be wary of folks who might approach them and say they have won the Florida lottery. On Wednesday, Officer John Garrison met with a fraud victim, who said she met an unidentified Hispanic male and female at Winn-Dixie. The man told her he had won $3 million in the lottery, but could not cash the ticket because he was in the country illegally, according to an offense report. ...more

October 16, 2008

Welcome to a new day for The Tampa Tribune. What you hold isn't just another newspaper redesign. This is a different newspaper to fit the lives of busy readers like you who are hungry for useful, relevant information. ...more

October 5, 2008

Regarding Van Wie's letter, the reports of Obama's association with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Chicago crooks are bunk. They have been debunked on mainstream media like CNN and you can get the details on Factcheck.org. The latter is an Internet site that just checks facts without partisanship. ...more

September 26, 2008

Gianna Colucci was excited about starting middle school this year. When she and her mom, Angie, went to Bayonet Point Middle School to get her schedule and supply list, however, the wind was suddenly taken out of her sails. ...more

August 27, 2008