Jake Peavy lasted only two innings, and Team USA could soon be gone, too. ...more

March 14, 2009

At his first official meeting as Tarpon Springs city manager, Tuesday night, Mark LeCouris agreed this is most likely one of the toughest times to assume the post as a city's top administrative official. In these, the direst economic times in memory, the city faces a $2 million revenue shortfall in its next fiscal year, LeCouris noted. It may, however, also be the best of times because an economic crisis gives a good manager a chance to really prove his worth, Commissioner Chris Alahouzos declared. ...more

February 28, 2009

In October, Robert LaSala was named Pinellas County administrator. He assumed the post following 13 months in which Fred Marquis, serving as interim administrator, brought calm back to county government after the tumultuous events of 2007. A questioned land deal prompted, in September 2007, the County Commission to fire County Attorney Susan Chiruti and let County Administrator Steve Spratt know they wouldn't mind if he resigned. In his 13 months as interim manager Marquis demonstrated why the County Commission named a recreation trail run after him when he retired in 2000. ...more

January 24, 2009

The interim manager of the BayWalk shopping and entertainment complex in St. Petersburg was arrested today, accused of taking more than $170,000 from a real estate company where he used to work. Howard Rosenthal, 53, of 527 Harbor Groves Circle, Safety Harbor, was charged with one count of felony grand theft. He took over as BayWalk interim manager this week; none of the charges are connected to his work at BayWalk. ...more

January 15, 2009

At a special meeting Monday night, the city council named Assistant City Manager Ellen Posivach to step in as interim city manager. Last week council voted not to renew the contract of City Manager Richard Reade, which expires Dec. 25. ...more

December 24, 2008

Port Richey names interim manager ...more

December 23, 2008

Mayor Richard Rober said Tuesday morning he didn't "sleep a wink" in the wake of a marathon meeting Monday night during which City Manager Richard Reade was fired. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. ...more

September 16, 2008

An enduring superstition says a full moon sends pregnant women into labor. ...more

August 21, 2008

Early this week, as the full moon rose and Tropical Storm Fay sneaked up the Gulf Coast, at least one major hospital in Tampa saw a spooky number of women in labor waddle their way through the hospital doors. ...more

August 20, 2008