Pool checkers is a winner for Arthur "Moochie" McCarr. The 65-year-old East Tampa resident is national master's champion after besting a 10-player field in Chicago at the recent 42nd annual American Pool Checkers Association tournament. ...more

August 16, 2008

Pool checkers is a winner for Arthur "Moochie" McCarr. The 65-year-old is national master's champion after besting a 10-player field in Chicago at the 42nd annual American Pool Checkers Association tournament in July. ...more

August 13, 2008

It has been a vacant lot no one wanted to touch. City officials tried for nearly six years to market the site for a restaurant, shop or office - anything commercial. But the northeast corner of 29th Street and Lake Avenue, across from Leon's Package Store, didn't sell until a nonprofit group stepped forward. ...more

July 16, 2008