Tarpon Springs City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. At their meeting Tuesday night commissioners asked interim City Manager Mark LeCouris to have a report responding to complaints that Fire Department personnel are under stress as a result of understaffing at the department by their next meeting, Aug. 19. ...more

August 14, 2008

Dear Lyn: I'm writing because I'm the caregiver for my husband, who is not well. We have one son. He's 39 and has no children. He got divorced six months ago. He has lived in another state since he graduated from college. Last month he moved back here. He's living with us until he can find a job here and get a place of his own. My husband and our son are both great guys, but they've always butted heads with each other. ...more

July 19, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Randy Rochelle. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - The next public meeting of the independent commission reviewing Hillsborough County's jails will begin at 10 this morning. ...more

June 2, 2008

Regarding "Skyway Suicide Patrols May Be Lost to Cost-Cutting" (Nation/World, May 4): ...more

May 6, 2008

What do you and your significant other fight about? Probably money. I've been reviewing surveys on this topic for more than a decade, and money often finds its way to the top spot as a cause of marital tension. And, not surprisingly, the most frequent cause of divorce. ...more

February 24, 2008

Investigators are probing what ignited a fire at a city Parks Department facility across the street from Lowry Park Zoo on Saturday. ...more

February 16, 2008

People should always be wary when government, on any level, tackles a seemingly big problem. Often in such cases, Murphy – his famous law warns that if anything can go wrong it will – tends to be an optimist. Even worse, the resulting storm and stress can provide cover for either mischief or plain wrong-headedness. ...more

February 16, 2008

The Air Force will keep more than 40 percent of its older model F-15 fighter jets grounded indefinitely after discovering that critical support beams have manufacturing flaws dating back nearly 30 years that could lead to catastrophic damage to the aircraft. ...more

January 11, 2008

Phil Thibodeau has kids of his own, 9-year-old Dalton and 5-year-old Dylann. At work, the man they called "Tibs" is responsible for the off-ice well-being of 20 or so grown men. ...more

December 17, 2007