The Little League is finding ways to give back to the community. ...more

November 4, 2009

Pressure mounted Monday to stop destruction of a 19th-century house on Egmont Key. ...more

June 2, 2009

More than 300 dog lovers showed up for the Sun City Center Dog Owners' Group Dog Show to watch as Shadow, also known as a dog Houdini, took the best of show. ...more

April 1, 2009

Academy of the Holy Names hosted its annual Visiting Artist Program on Feb. 20, featuring a reception, lecture and slide presentation by Sister Paula Turnbull, a sister of the Holy Names and sculptor from Spokane, Wash. The event highlighted Sister Paula's long and successful career as an artist. ...more

March 11, 2009

I own a large set of china that was inherited from my husband's side of the family. Each of the 87 pieces is marked "Haviland & Co., Limoges" and "Haviland, France." What can you tell me about it? ...more

February 22, 2009

The Fort Dade Mountainman Rendezvous will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Sunday at the Withlacoochee River Park east of Dade City, off River Road. The public is invited to attend the event to learn how people lived in the early 19th century. The cost is $2 per person or $5 per car. Children ages 12 and younger are free. Tent camping is also available at an additional $5 per night. RV hook-up is $15 per night. For information, call (352) 567-0264. ...more

January 31, 2009

That's the spirit! Miss Prudence Fipwhistle, a social director who died in 1899 at age 44, led about 150 people on a tour Sunday that raised the past from the grave. Miss Fipwhistle, aka historian Maureen Patrick in 19th century mourning attire, hosted the sixth annual Gothic Graveyard Walk through Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa's Victorian-era necropolis. Following brick pathways under moss-bearded oaks, the visitors heard tales poignant and hilarious about local notables buried at the site, including 13 former mayors and veterans of seven wars. The $5 donations benefit the Tampa Historical Society. ...more

October 27, 2008

The Duval County School Board will vote on whether to rename a school named after a former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader. ...more

October 22, 2008

When The Dark Romantics' Eric Collins sings the line, "Love and pain, they are one and the same," on the first track of new album "Heartbreaker," it seems as though the band couldn't have chosen a better moniker. ...more

September 19, 2008

"The 19th Wife," by David Ebershoff (Random House, $26) ...more

September 7, 2008