Dale Earnhardt passed his love of the Talladega Superspeedway to his race team, which took a must-win mentality into every event at NASCAR's biggest track. ...more

October 4, 2008

Tarpon Springs Mayor Beverley Billiris has effectively told fellow Commissioner Peter Dalacos to put a sock in it, during City Commission meetings. ...more

September 13, 2008

Mayor Beverley Billiris told Commissioner Peter Dalacos he is the cause of long City Commission meetings that sometimes drag on more than six hours. ...more

September 9, 2008

As NHL teams finalize plans for training camps this month, John Tortorella - for the first time he can remember in his career - is preparing for something completely different. ...more

September 5, 2008

The city council meets tonight for a budget workshop, but there is more than money matters up for discussion at the meeting set for 6 p.m. at City Hall, 201 N. Howell Ave. ...more

August 12, 2008

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 31; Julian McMahon, 40; Maureen McGovern, 59; Betty Thomas, 60 ...more

July 27, 2008

On each side of his neck is a tattoo of a skull, and across his knuckles he had tattooed the expression, "Hard Luck," with a letter on each knuckle. To Pinellas sheriff's detention Deputy Aaron Simpson, his tattoos are an art form. To his bosses at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, they constitute a violation of the sheriff's uniform and appearance policy. As a result, the six-year veteran was suspended for three days. ...more

July 18, 2008

Here we are once again replaying last year's fiasco with special interests trying to weaken the regulation and enforcement of the Hillsborough County's wetlands protections. ...more

July 16, 2008

Alonso got its first A, and Chamberlain and Leto high schools pulled themselves up from D's in the most recent release of school grades. ...more

July 12, 2008

Alonso got its first A, and Chamberlain and Leto high schools pulled themselves up from D's in the most recent release of school grades. ...more

July 12, 2008