Otho Eugene Hays' grandson described him as a "tough old bird." ...more

January 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A substitute teacher who said he lost his job because of claims that he was practicing wizardry plans to file a lawsuit against the Pasco County School Board. ...more

July 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco County came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 5, 2008

The 'waiting game' isn't a game at all. It's torture for those who sit and wait by computers for word from soldiers in Iraq, holding onto e-mails like life-lines. And when those e-mails stop suddenly, cold fear sets in. Then come the words that no one wants to hear - the soldier has been injured. For family members and friends, the waiting becomes physical pain. ...more

September 25, 2007