Most new murals are now banned from the historic district, even though an artist whose painting touched off a controversy said his work was misunderstood. ...more

October 21, 2009

As a forensic investigator with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, Pete Bihorel's job includes identifying remains. To do that, he reaches out to the public for help. ...more

February 25, 2009

"Slumdog Millionaire" took the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film's unlikely rise to Hollywood's summit. ...more

February 23, 2009

City Council gave the go-ahead last week on a project to build and install new signage on major entrances throughout the city. ...more

February 18, 2009

The artist and his patriotic design favored by the committee spearheading Veterans Memorial Park have received the Plant City Commission's blessing. ...more

December 17, 2008

An eagle with outstretched wings was selected Tuesday as the favorite design by a committee overseeing a veterans memorial planned for a city park. ...more

November 12, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- An artist with local ties and fancied as a world traveler is the focus of an exhibit opening Aug. 5 at the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center. The exhibit titled, "Harriet Muller Collection: Tribute to an Unpublished Artist." ...more

August 2, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. ...more

July 26, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. In another, police Chief Chuck Harmon's head has been put on an obscenely overweight body, and the chief is looking intently at a two-layer cheeseburger. Maj. Melanie Bevan appears as both a dominatrix and as the Wicked Witch of the West. These are among more than 180 computer-altered images internal affairs investigators collected as they looked into an allegation that a police officer had posted them online. They were made available today as the result of a public information request. ...more

July 25, 2008

Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon. ...more

July 24, 2008