The first annual Wildlife Survival Sanctuary "Ride for the Big Cats," will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21. ...more

November 20, 2009

The fashion show season is in full swing, with groups planning events to showcase spring collections and raise money for the charities. ...more

March 25, 2009

Here is a list of sports bars and neighborhood pubs in and around Tampa that Pittsburgh Steelers Web sites say are Steelers-friendly. ...more

January 26, 2009

The last year has been a virtual game of musical chairs for many Dade City merchants. So many have moved or closed, the local Main Street organization is redesigning its brochures. ...more

October 25, 2008

Brooks, Mehra Hailed For Work Benefiting Children About 300 guests attended the seventh annual Champion for Children awards ceremony and dinner Oct. 2 at the Renaissance Hotel at International Plaza in Tampa. The dinner, the signature event for Voices for Children of Hillsborough County Inc., the fundraising branch of Guardian Ad Litem, honored Tampa Bay Buccaneer Derrick Brooks as the 2008 Champion for Children for his work with youths, including The Brooks Bunch, Derrick Brooks Charities and Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School in North Tampa. Tampa psychiatrist Rahul Mehra was presented with the Guardian Angel Award for volunteering for Guardian Ad Litem, the nonprofit agency that assigns volunteers to represent children who need help during legal proceedings. The evening, called "Old Havana Nights," raised more than $43,000 and featured an outdoor cocktail reception with cigar bar, a chance drawing for a collection of 60 bottles of wine donated by board members, a silent auction, dinner and dancing. The emcee was former Buccaneers offensive lineman Ian Beckles, a host on WDAE, 620 AM. ...more

October 13, 2008

Chris Lewis spent beaucoup bucks to beef up a former nightclub and help a restaurant chain with deep local roots spread its hot-sauced wings. ...more

September 24, 2008

From her bungalow on Sixth Avenue, Sandra Jackson watches the spectacle of partygoers drinking and playing loud music and fighting every weekend. ...more

September 17, 2008

People are nervous that parking lots in Ybor City that were supposed to have been a temporary solution to parking woes now will become a permanent source of trouble and noise. Tampa hopes to keep that from happening. ...more

September 16, 2008

O.J. Simpson says an ambitious Nevada prosecutor is pressing a kidnapping and armed robbery case against him that he says even the alleged victims don't want to pursue. ...more

June 27, 2008

There was an even more significant Cuban feel in Ybor City on Saturday. But the sounds of bands and aromas of home cooking from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and other Latin American countries also had a strong presence at the Festival del Sabor in Centennial Park. ...more

October 14, 2007