LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 5, 2008

Regarding "Mortgage CEO Wants A Federal Rescue" (Business, Dec. 4): The mortgage mess is about to get messier. The bailout proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will spread the mess to tax-exempt bond funds, stealing money from many retirees that have invested in the bond funds to get by in retirement. It all deprives income that eases the burden on the taxpayers of this country. ...more

December 5, 2007

Riding in a car headed the wrong way down a one-way street early Saturday led to the arrest of a St. Petersburg nurse and her companion by Tampa Police, authorities said. At 4:30 a.m., police performed a traffic stop on a car driven by Luis Santos Zalvala at Florida Avenue and East Kay Street.. Zalvala, 28, of Tampa, was arrested on a driving under the influence charge. ...more

October 27, 2007

Inequities Remain Regarding 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief' (Our Opinion, Oct. 12): ...more

October 20, 2007

I want to congratulate The Tampa Tribune for the Oct. 12 editorial 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief.' The tax system has created enormous disparities between citizens who are equals, and the new solution is not only to keep this disparity in place, but to allow people that already have an unfair advantage to keep this advantage forever. ...more

October 15, 2007

Hernando County Sheriff Richard Nugent consistently has maintained that his department should be funded the traditional way - through the general fund. ...more

October 4, 2007