Fueled by donations from residents - including $100,000 pledged by a well-known Plant City family - work will begin soon on Veterans Memorial Park at Courier Field, organizers have announced. ...more

August 6, 2008

People clinging to hope that the former Gary Adult School can be saved from the wrecking ball are hoping contractor John Simon follows through with his plan to develop the 1913 building as the centerpiece of a sports complex. ...more

July 26, 2008

City officials on Wednesday discussed how to deal with the sudden collapse this week of the former Gary Adult School, a vintage landmark in the once rural Gary community near Ybor City. ...more

July 24, 2008

In case there was any doubt about Mike Smith's standing as the Lightning's No. 1 goaltender following the signing of veteran free agent Olie Kolzig this month, Tampa Bay sent Smith a message Monday that he received all the way up in Sault Ste. Marie. ...more

July 15, 2008

Puppets, jelly beans, goodie bags and Beanie Babies are all part of the Mending Hearts Program, which helps children to get through one of life's most intensely sad and unavoidable experiences: the loss of a loved one. ...more

July 8, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Being a child isn't all fun and games. It's also about learning, in and out of school. For young minds, life's lessons can be harder to comprehend or cope with than anything they face in the classroom. As bereavement counselors with Gulfside Regional Hospice, Sonia Quinones, Debbie LaBouef and Kristen Kern help children to get through one of life's most intensely unpleasant experiences, grief over the loss of a loved one. They have found one of the best ways is to approach the subject with well-crafted fun and games. ...more

July 2, 2008

The towering Tyrannosaurus rex bent his head toward the boy, flashed teeth the size of daggers, and roared. ...more

June 15, 2008

Civil War. Cold War. Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

AVON PARK — Think of a big, pink plastic caterpillar, antennas and all, sitting on Museum Avenue. It would be about 7-foot wide and 20 feet long, full of exotic flowers and butterflies. You enter through the mouth, exit from... you get the idea... but it'll be "cute," city Project Manager Maria Sutherland said. The names of sponsors will be etched on giant artificial leaves outside the caterpillar, which will be surrounded by a garden. ...more

June 9, 2008

Steven Stamkos did not want to be the talk of the Ontario Hockey League skills competition for the wrong reason after wiping out into the end boards during the fastest skater contest. ...more

May 29, 2008