Crossword puzzle writer Merl Reagle will earn his place in animated pop culture history with a guest appearance on "The Simpsons" at 8 p.m. Sunday on Fox. ...more

November 12, 2008

Is Prince calling himself Prince again? Either way, he must be skipping in his megaheeled boots because it's raining purple on the runways! ...more

November 9, 2008

A Rocky Creek homeowner who cut down dozens of mangroves and built an illegal boat dock has to pay a $16,850 fine but will continue to have boat access to Tampa Bay. ...more

October 4, 2008

Big band singer Connie Haines, who joined Frank Sinatra in a string of hits with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s and continued performing well into her 80s, died Monday in Clearwater, where she had lived the past two decades. ...more

September 26, 2008

Big-band singer Connie Haines, who joined Frank Sinatra in a string of hits with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s and continued performing well into her 80s, died Monday in Clearwater, where she had lived the past two decades. ...more

September 25, 2008

We'd like your opinion on the origin and value of a cast-iron circus wagon that was recently purchased in France. It is marked "Overland Circus" and includes a cast-iron tiger. ...more

September 25, 2008

In the 1940s, Black's Department Store opened downtown on Drane Street and grew to be one of the town's most popular places to shop. Everybody knew Black's. On Saturday evenings, so many customers flocked to the store you could hardly move. And you would not believe the number of people who were there each Christmas Eve to pick up their layaway items. ...more

September 21, 2008

Pease tell me about my old Singer sewing machine in a cabinet. It is marked Model 15-91. It still works and has the original accessories. ...more

September 11, 2008

When Katherine Michael moved from small-town Illinois to Tampa in 1999, she transformed her family's kitchen table into an art studio. ...more

September 10, 2008

My student newspaper editor walks into my classroom following a science test she had been dreading for days. ...more

July 27, 2008