Pinellas County gives just nine employees a county car to drive. In Pasco County, just 10 supervisors drive county cars home, a number that will be cut later this year. ...more

May 12, 2008

To whom this may be of interest: The other day I was looking through some old surfer magazines - one was dated March 1976. ...more

May 8, 2008

Sheriff Bob White will be able to put his motorcycle unit back on the streets. ...more

January 22, 2008

Why is it that when filling my gas tank in Highlands County my gas mileage drops 2 to 4 mpg? I have a relatively new 2007 automobile and while in Michigan I was getting 20-21 mpg in town and about 22 mpg highway. En-route to Florida, my mileage was as high as 24.4 mpg (loaded down). Immediately after arriving in Sebring my first fill up I got 18 mpg. We recently drove to Sarasota, filling the tank just prior to leaving, filling up in Sarasota we got 23.4 mpg which included some in-town driving. Arriving back in Highlands county we filled up again and netted only 21 mpg (all highway driving) ...more

December 23, 2007

Coach Jon Gruden discusses the Bucs' injury situation and other topics. ...more

December 5, 2007

Journeying back from Chicago on Interstate 75, I noticed an interstate sign stating that Tampa was about 12 miles further than St. Petersburg. This was repeated at least three other times while traveling south (with different mileage, of course). ...more

November 23, 2007

AVON PARK — Outgoing Avon Park Police Chief Frank Mercurio said at a press conference late Wednesday morning that he will turn in his badge Friday, Sept. 28. As he announced his resignation, he also accused the city of "railroading" him at July's budget meeting. ...more

September 19, 2007

Connor Revord, in a relatively short amount of time, has made his mark as one of Hillsborough County's top cross country runners. As a sophomore last year, he placed 11th overall in the state meet. ...more

September 10, 2007

147 Pinellas Sheriff's employees will lose their take home cars starting October 1st. Most of the cars are unmarked vehicles used by the civilian staff. The new policy doesn't affect deputies who take marked patrol cars home. Sheriff Jim Coats says this is part of a larger plan of budget cutbacks. ...more

September 6, 2007