Lawn-watering scofflaws will soon feel the effects in their wallets. ...more

March 25, 2009

A Pasco County jury this afternoon found Ryan Young guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of his mother. ...more

January 23, 2009

Erratic summer rain, a damaged reservoir and lingering drought have strained water supplies to the limit, with just a quarter of the eight-month dry season over and the hottest, most parched months to come. ...more

December 30, 2008

TAMPA -- Erratic summer rain, a damaged reservoir and lingering drought have strained water supplies to the limit, with just a quarter of the eight-month dry season over and the hottest, most parched months to come. ...more

December 29, 2008

Way, way back in the pre-MTV days, Blondie's Chris Stein predicted music videos would become so popular that they would eliminate the need for a band to tour. ...more

December 19, 2008

Disappointed Rays fans have to wait a bit to celebrate a divison title after the team lost 7-5 to the Detroit Tigers. ...more

September 25, 2008

There is very little as annoying to and adult as being hectored by a know-it-all child, such a your young columnist James Hibbs. ...more

September 13, 2008

The Palm Harbor Library will be closed for about two weeks at the end of July to prepare for the last round of remodeling. ...more

July 19, 2008

I guess my admittedly flippant response to the first letter Dallas Dunlop wrote pushed a few of his hot buttons and for that, I suppose, I owe him an apology. It was all meant in good fun and certainly not intended to be insulting. Having said that, I still think he totally missed my point. I never for a moment claimed that we are not in the midst of a national energy crisis; nor did I wish to create the impression that we have nothing to worry about or that we are sitting on gazillions of barrels of oil. ...more

June 18, 2008

Back in 2005, in an apparent flight of fancy, analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted a "super-spike" in the oil price to $105 a barrel. In the last few days, the prediction came as close as it ever has to fulfillment. ...more

November 12, 2007