Candidates point fingers as mailings fly
TAMPA -- Late Friday afternoon Bill Jennings, Republican candidate for Hillsborough County state attorney, hand-delivered to the St. Petersburg Times what he said was his Republican opponent's latest slew of misleading mailings.

Students guide lost bus driver back to school
The students say the 71-year-old man seemed disoriented but drove safely. Officials say he's had no problems before.

Ads, accusations heat up House race
TAMPA -- Frank Reddick says he's just telling voters what they have a right to know. Arthenia Joyner's campaign says he's lashing out, he's "weak" and his campaign is faltering.

School Board race illustrates 2 foes' different styles
TAMPA -- The two School Board candidates have campaign styles that could hardly differ more. One relies on grass-roots support backed by a folksy, low-key style; the other employs machinelike organization to staff phone banks and mail fliers with impressive efficiency.

Politicos' will need new perch for a while
Saturday morning at La Tropicana restaurant in Ybor City has long been the backdrop for jawing about local races over Cuban toast dunked in steaming cups of creamy cafe con leche.

Sandra Thompson
Mommy-baby exercise class stresses bonding more than sweating
Tuesday morning was dark and pre-stormy, the dead week before Labor Day weekend, but at the buttercup-yellow Baby Bungalow on Azeele just west of MacDill Avenue, young mothers arrived carrying babies and blankets and other paraphernalia babies require these days. They were coming to Wee Fit, a fitness class for mommies and their babies from 6 weeks to 12 months as long as the babies aren't yet walking.