TAMPA - A new era in the leadership of the Hillsborough County Commission began this morning. Commissioners elected Ken Hagan to serve as chairman, the first time in three years there has been a change in the board's top leadership post. ...more

November 8, 2007

County commissioners have directed their vice chairman, Ted Schrader, to negotiate a contract with Jeffrey Steinsnyder, whom they named the next county attorney on Tuesday. ...more

November 8, 2007

SEBRING — In honor of the county's veterans, the School Board of Highlands County unanimously approved naming its new elementary school "Memorial Elementary." The school is under construction on the west side of Memorial Drive, just north of Lakeview Memorial Gardens. The school district has a preference for naming schools with a geographic element in the name, Superintendent Wally Cox said at Tuesday's school board meeting. ...more

October 25, 2007

Chrysler LLC may need to trim some models as it focuses on how to reach more customers, the automaker's new head of sales and marketing said Monday. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - One of the two University of South Florida students recently indicted on federal explosives charges has refused to wear his jail identification wristband and is being denied privileges until he cooperates, jail officials say. ...more

September 12, 2007

As vice chairman of the National Authority for Tunnels in Egypt, Abdellatif Mohamed has many influential contacts. ...more

September 11, 2007

Despite an impassioned plea to keep her job, Pinellas County Attorney Susan Churuti was fired Tuesday, a week after a grand jury report rebuked her for her role in brokering the purchase of land from the county property appraiser. ...more

September 5, 2007

CLEARWATER - Despite an impassioned plea to keep her job, Pinellas County Attorney Susan Churuti was fired Tuesday, a week after a grand jury report rebuked her for her role in brokering the purchase of land from the county property appraiser. ...more

September 4, 2007