Eastside Baptist Church is organizing an old-time sing-a-long. The free 6 p.m. Aug 21 event in the church's Family Life Center, 1318 E. Calhoun St., Plant City, is geared for older people, said Hazel Smith, leader of the seniors at Eastside. ...more

July 28, 2009

There was a time when Ryan Hall would have had plenty of company running on Bayshore Boulevard in the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15-kilometer race. That was "back in the day," as many of the area's old-time runners like to say, when the world's best distance runners regularly made this event their first stop of the season. ...more

March 1, 2009

Memories of Brandon Decker strolling to the plate with the game on the line and hitting a late-inning bomb for the South Florida Community College baseball team are just that - memories. ...more

January 30, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." On Thursday, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, composed of the seven-member city council, voted 4-2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare. ...more

January 16, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." The city's Community Redevelopment Agency, comprised of the seven-member city council, voted 4 to 2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare today. ...more

January 15, 2009

A roofing company worker using a torch started a house fire about 12:30 p.m. today, a St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue official said. ...more

January 8, 2009

After years of losing money and an unsuccessful bid to find a buyer, a long-time Tampa home building company is calling it quits. ...more

January 7, 2009

After making a champagne toast at the New Year's Eve Celebration at Community Hall or celebrating with friends and family at home, most people can wait another day before keeping their resolutions to become more physically active. ...more

December 31, 2008

The mural looks like a portrait of life here, a 2 feet-by-8 feet hand-printed acrylic work with at least two dozen symbols of Zephyrhills. ...more

November 13, 2008

Vote Perplexing I am truly bewildered and disappointed today with my fellow Americans. I don't understand how the majority of them could have voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 6, 2008