Re: "City workers, union split on raises" (Metro, Aug. 5): ...more

August 7, 2009

Public transit ridership fell 6 percent in June to 974,054 passengers compared with a year ago, a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority report states. ...more

August 6, 2009

Staff report Members of the Sun City Center Community Association Board of Directors are urging Hillsborough County commissioners to maintain the County's Consumer Protection Agency, which is at risk for being cut as the county reviews its possible cost-cutting measures. ...more

August 5, 2009

A prosecutor has dropped a felony charge against Florida State receiver Richard Goodman that stemmed from a brawl in the student union last fall. ...more

July 30, 2009

There's still no word on when a policy will be completed that bans nonplatonic relationships at the sheriff's office. ...more

July 26, 2009

The Hernando County Tourist Development Council collected $24,270 in bed tax revenue from hotels in May. ...more

July 9, 2009

Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. ...more

July 5, 2009

Chris Brown has plead guilty to one count of felony assault on pop star Rihanna. ...more

June 22, 2009

Police say Myron Stenhouse called 911 today to report his estranged wife was shot to death. Police say Stenhouse should know; he was the one who shot her. ...more

June 19, 2009

Jim Rahenkamp postulates that "the silver tongued Pied Piper of Change" has led us down the slope so far and with such momentum that we have reached the point of no return. He states, "Capitalism requires that production must exceed consumption" and "We no longer export more than we import." I assume this was meant to imply that this condition has come about during the less than six months that President Obama has been in office. ...more

June 17, 2009