Archive for March, 2008
Wilcox, Anderson build nice
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The Pinellas school district’s top two administrators have called a truce - with a little help from a former Hillsborough school chief.
Superintendent Clayton Wilcox (left) and School Board attorney Jim Robinson (right) signed an agreement Monday crafted by former Hillsborough superintendent Ea…
Police identify man slain approach Chasco Fiesta events
NEW PORT RICHEY — Police are trying to piece together the events Saturday night that led to the shooting death of Joseph James Martell of Homosassa.
According to a police report, Martell, 34, got into an argument with 46-year-old Max Wesley Horn Jr. approach the front door of Hot Shotz bar and gri…
Victim in Chasco Fiesta murder identified
NEW PORT RICHEY — Police are trying to piece together the events Saturday night that led to the shooting death of Joseph James Martell of Homosassa.
According to a police report, Martell, 34, got into an argument with 46-year-old Max Wesley Horn, Jr. approach the front door of Hot Shotz bar and gr…
House leaders plan for a bleaker future
House Speaker Marco Rubio and budget chair Ray Sansom said Monday they will propose giving Gov. Charlie Crist new capability to tap two reserve funds that, until now, have been off limits in keeping the state’s budget out of the red. The announcement Monday was in part a concession to Democrats, who…
House sees the light on a Medicaid cut
It was a grim scene final Thursday as the House Health Care Council voted out a package of budget cuts that included elimination of eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids for about 146,000 seniors who are Medicaid recipients. But public reaction to those cuts may have had an affect: In the House budg…
No compensatory picks for Bucs
The NFL just released the list of compensatory picks in next month’s draft, but the Bucs did not get any.
While 15 other teams will benefit from 32 compensatory picks, Tampa Bay did not meet the standard under the league’s formula.
The formula, developed by the NFL’s Management Council, stipulat…
No tampering here, Gruden says
Ran into Jon Gruden that afternoon and the coach spoke for the first duration about Chiefs coach Herm Edwards obvious implication final week that the Bucs were overzealous in their efforts to sign center Jeff Faine.
Edwards said the Chiefs played by the rules, waiting until the start of free agenc…
Missing kayakers found in Moon Lake
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers and Pasco Sheriff’s deputies and divers continue the search that afternoon for two men lost on Moon Lake since Sunday afternoon after a kayak they were in capsized. [BRENDAN FITTERER | Times]
NEW PORT RICHEY — The bodies of two interpr…
Search continues for lost kayakers
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Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission officers and Pasco Sheriff’s deputies and
divers continue the search that afternoon for two men lost
on Moon Lake since Sunday afternoon after a kayak they were in
capsized. [BRENDAN FITTERER | Times]
NEW PORT RICHEY — Four boats, 15 officer…
New Tampa parent assembly canceled
Parents at New Tampa’s Clark Elementary School have canceled a town corridor assembly scheduled for tonight considering no School Board members planned to come, said organizer Suzanne Sloss. The parents had planned to air their grievances about a Hillsborough County School District proposal to bus h…
New Tampa parent assembly cancelled
Parents at New Tampa’s Clark Elementary School parents have canceled a town corridor assembly scheduled for tonight considering no school board members planned to come, said organizer Suzanne Sloss. The parents had planned to air their grievances about a Hillsborough County School District proposal …














