Some of the county's high school dropouts will soon be logging on to earn their diplomas. ...more

December 10, 2008

Straight from the kitchens of area homes, recycled cooking oil is powering a few Pasco County vehicles. ...more

November 29, 2008

In 2006, Florida launched the first substantial reform of Medicaid since the program was originated more than three decades ago. The goals of reform were to improve the quality of health care provided to 2.2 million poor, elderly and disabled citizens under the state-federal program and to control skyrocketing costs that threatened the sustainability of this important program. ...more

November 29, 2008

When Temple Terrace firefighter-paramedic Joe Cable walks into the third-grade classrooms at Riverhills Elementary, the kids can't wait to greet him. ...more

November 26, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. and Hillsborough County schools will launch a pilot program today designed to promote energy efficiency to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders through the theater. ...more

November 25, 2008

Tampa Electric and Hillsborough County Schools on Tuesday will launch a pilot program designed to promote energy efficiency to third, fourth and fifth graders through the theater. Stageworks, a professional theater group, will perform Pow!r Play at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Lockhart Elementary School in Tampa, 3719 N. 17th St. The play, which runs through May 2009, is part of a three-year pilot project recently approved by the Florida Public Service Commission, Tampa Electric said. ...more

November 24, 2008

The days of hiding a ghastly grade in the bowels of the book bag and getting away with it are over in Hernando County. ...more

November 21, 2008

A month ago, Marti Ann Mammarelli looked at the interest rate on her credit card from Wachovia. It was 9.9 percent. ...more

November 10, 2008

It's grease! It's fuel! No, it's both! Straight from the kitchens of area homes, recycled cooking oil is powering a few Pasco County vehicles. ...more

November 5, 2008

The race for the city council's Group 3 seat pits the current vice-mayor against a former mayor and a political newcomer. ...more

October 26, 2008