Clearwater narrows city manager search
Commissioners will interview the five finalists at a meeting tentatively set for July 6. The interim city manager is among the finalists.
County refuses ambulance settlement
A check delivered to the county covers only one-third of the bill owed by four hospitals and will be returned.
Chief offers plan for community policing
LARGO -- Police Chief Lester Aradi laid out a detailed plan Tuesday to re-energize the department's much-maligned community policing program.
Tarpon Springs woman unfazed at turning 105
TARPON SPRINGS -- As Lillie Cobo sat in the immaculate dining room of the mobile home she shares with her only daughter in the Meadows, she looked cool and comfortable in her pink shorts and T-shirt.
Gas leak ousts condo residents
The Marina condos and Green Dolphin Condominium Villas in Tarpon are cleared after construction workers hit a natural gas line.
Plans for bicycle track, skate park roll forward
The Oldsmar parks board signs off on the two projects after they are relocated. The City Council's approval is still needed.
Contracts for schools approved by board
Teacher raises will be 2.7 percent and bonuses, $850; but the board laments a drop in state funding.
Park winning air potato battle
Lake Seminole Park rangers say a new herbicide has killed about 95 percent of air potato vines in some areas.
Hairdressers find room to groom
For more than a dozen years, best friends Dena Remy and Barbara Towriss worked together as self-employed hairdressers, renting space in other businesses.
Police reports
Man arrested on child sex abuse charges
Commissioner's words ripple through Clearwater
Re: Comment develops into end-of-meeting sniping, story, June 9.
Man gets 20-year sentence for fatally shooting girl, 12
Brad L. Montgomery, 19, apologized to the judge for shooting Lisa Erickson while playing with a handgun in November 1999.
USA Cycling members from area get on roll
June has been packed with hot bicycle racing results hard-earned by many of the area's top USA Cycling riders.
Evacuation ordered after gas leaks
TARPON SPRINGS -- A gas leak Tuesday afternoon prompted fire officials to evacuate residents from two condominiums off Meres Boulevard for an hour.
