The University Area Development Corp. will sponsor its fourth annual Confetti Celebration to raise money for programs serving children and families in the University Area. ...more

November 11, 2009

About 112 members of Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Patel Conservatory joined in festivities at the Jan. 19 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in College Hill. ...more

January 28, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama may be making the rounds in Washington, but his face lined the route of Tampa's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday in College Hill. Standing along the street in a new Obama T-shirt, Arthur Chester was in a good place in more ways than one. He had a good view of the festivities and of the future. "I never thought I'd ever see it," he said. "This is a dream. This is a dream that is happening for all the right reasons." All along the route, thousands stood, in some places seven or eight deep, cheering every float, every marching band and every elected official. "Everyone's excited. Everyone has come together," Anita Sturks said. ...more

January 20, 2009

The 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in College Hill ...more

January 19, 2009

For Harold Brewer, conversation flows much like his fluid strokes on the organ he plays at First Baptist Church of College Hill. ...more

December 29, 2008

Frustrated by two deadly house fires in east Tampa since Thanksgiving, emergency workers handed out dozens of free smoke detectors and batteries Monday to scores of College Hill residents. ...more

December 16, 2008

Frustrated by two deadly house fires in East Tampa since Thanksgiving, emergency workers fanned out today, handing out dozens of free smoke detectors and batteries to scores of College Hill residents. ...more

December 15, 2008

The Tampa Housing Authority's new five-year plan represents an ambitious appeal for improvement and self-sufficiency. ...more

November 23, 2008

"We have too many people continuing to make too many self-destructive choices. If, as a young lad, Barack Obama had chosen to put himself in a place where he was forced to deal with what they call 'baby mama drama,' I guarantee you he would not be in the White House right now," said the Rev. Kenneth Stewart of Tabernacle of Hope. ...more

November 10, 2008

2 p.m.: Ignoring the homemade signs that say, "Not A Precinct," the woman rolls down her window and hollers, "Can I still vote in here?" ...more

November 4, 2008