A walk through the seating floor of the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention in Denver yields some quick evidence that Sen. Barack Obama intends to make Florida one of the premier battleground states of his presidential campaign. ...more

August 25, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The city has changed the name of its Leisure Services Department. It will be known as the Parks and Recreation Department. ...more

June 27, 2008

The girls showed up repeatedly at the high school health clinic, asking for pregnancy tests. But their reactions to the test results were puzzling: high-fives if they were expecting, long faces if they weren't. ...more

June 21, 2008

A Letter to my 'Representatives (?)" ...more

June 13, 2008

Marina R. D'Abreau has been passionate about the environment since she was a small child living on the West Indian island of Trinidad, helping her grandparents in their garden. ...more

June 7, 2008

The government is suing diversified manufacturer Honeywell International for selling material used in bulletproof vests that it alleges the company knew was defective. ...more

June 6, 2008

Local officials are concerned over the impact Curtis Fundamental School will have on traffic in the Dunedin neighborhood surrounding the school's soon-to-be campus on Milwaukee Avenue. Rather than just worrying, however, city staffers are taking steps to prevent gridlock from forming along the two-lane avenue at the beginning and end of each school day. ...more

February 2, 2008

A young burglar accused of burning down the St. Paul United Methodist Church 13 years ago was ordered to make $2.4 million in restitution. It was, at best, wishful thinking on the part of the court. ...more

December 22, 2007

The United States insisted Wednesday that it has been taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies have been going unnoticed by the rest of the world. ...more

December 13, 2007

It still will be Sunday before the Bucs know for sure whether quarterback Jeff Garcia can play against the Saints, but the best sign yet that he will came Friday when he returned to practice. ...more

December 1, 2007