TAMPA - University of South Florida leaders have swept through their various colleges and reworked the way they will deliver a higher education to meet the grim budget realities they now face. The biggest changes will hit the College of Arts and Sciences, USF's largest. Although the college gains some institutes that stood alone at the university, it will undergo an administrative overhaul and lose some disciplines to other colleges. ...more

June 12, 2008

Secondary assistant principals are now getting the same rights as other 12-month employees in the Hernando County School District. ...more

June 6, 2008

Secondary assistant principals are now getting the same rights as other 12-month employees in the Hernando County School District. ...more

June 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG The city council this morning rejected a hastily proposed ballot measure for November that could have blocked the Tampa Bay Rays' plans for a $450 million downtown stadium. ...more

June 5, 2008

CLEARWATER - A malfunctioning mechanical bed motor caused a fire at an assisted-living facility this morning, authorities said. ...more

June 2, 2008

Lightning bolts illuminated the dark skies over New Tampa, and thunder shook the foundation of the high school campus. It was one of those Florida afternoons that make it seem as if the universe is unleashing anger. ...more

May 30, 2008

TAMPA - The St. Petersburg Times is offering early retirement incentives to staff members and may have to lay off employees later in the year, the newspaper said Wednesday. Employees older than 50 with five years of service will be offered enhanced pension benefits if they retire by Aug. 31. The newspaper also froze wages for one year for all of its employees, which number less than 1,300, down from 1,500 two years ago. ...more

May 29, 2008

It's the end of the school year, but the last thing Brooker Elementary School Principal Julie Lacy wants is for students and parents to think learning is done for summer. ...more

May 24, 2008

Flags flew at half-staff, public entertainment was canceled and 1.3 billion people were asked to observe three minutes of silence as China began three days of mourning today for the victims of the nation's massive earthquake. ...more

May 19, 2008

Regarding "Teacher Thanks Little Lifesavers" (Metro, April 16): Our daughter, Shelly Copeland, a third-grade teacher at Folsom Elementary School, was able to celebrate her 33rd birthday April 17 thanks to the quick emergency responses from several groups of people in Hillsborough County. She suffered a sudden cardiac arrest March 4 in her classroom. ...more

May 10, 2008