While the Ride to the Heartland is about seven months away, fundraising by the Heartland Riders Association for this major downtown Sebring event has already begun. ...more

March 30, 2009

Lightning center and No. 1 overall pick Steven Stamkos is making the transition this season from junior star to NHL regular. Throughout the season, the 18-year-old from Markham, Ontario, will share his experiences with Tribune writer Erik Erlendsson to give readers an insight into a new way of life during his rookie journey. ...more

February 22, 2009

The designers of Freedom Plaza's auditorium intended it for a multi-purpose area, and it certainly fulfills it purpose. Most mornings it serves as a gym where exercise groups work out; afternoons may find it used for various meetings, seminars or special interest classes; by evening it is transformed into a theater, or is the setting for parties or dances; on Saturday nights it becomes a movie house and on Sundays a chapel for Vesper Services. The walking track that marks the room's circumference is in almost constant use by individuals. ...more

February 4, 2009

At a time when many Americans were turning their thoughts toward celebrating Christmas, a Washington, D.C.-based group was busy unleashing its holiday message against accepting any supernatural belief as reality. ...more

December 17, 2008

On each side of his neck is a tattoo of a skull, and across his knuckles he had tattooed the expression, "Hard Luck," with a letter on each knuckle. To Pinellas sheriff's detention Deputy Aaron Simpson, his tattoos are an art form. To his bosses at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, they constitute a violation of the sheriff's uniform and appearance policy. As a result, the six-year veteran was suspended for three days. ...more

July 18, 2008

More than two decades ago, Margaret Hluch lived in Kenya and taught weaving. Area residents will get a chance to view her fiber art at a show running from Friday, June 20, through Sunday, Aug. 3, at Clay and Paper, an art gallery in Dunedin. Owners Barbara Melby-Burhans and Ira Burhans are old friends of Hluch. The three studied art at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn., in the 1980s. ...more

June 14, 2008