Don't have any extra cash but want to participate in the 29 Gifts giving campaign? A reader on www.29Gifts.org offered these eight ideas. ...more

November 7, 2009

Police Chief Ken Albano calls it an unprecedented move. At the request of the Temple Terrace City Council and with the buy-in of the police department, the Fraternal Order of Police Florida Council has relinquished pay increases to sworn city police officers during the 2009-10 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. ...more

October 21, 2009

PLANT CITY Tomlin Middle School's Parent Teacher Student Association plans to offer tips to parents who want to talk to their children about sexual abstinence. ...more

January 20, 2009

Doris Reynolds of Sun City Center said she has lowered her blood pressure, lost 10 pounds and experienced a greater sense of calm simply by working out at the Sun City Center Fitness Center. ...more

January 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Gators line coach Tom Carter bestowed the ultimate compliment upon Land O' Lakes offensive/defensive lineman Christian Renner. He called Renner the school's second-best defensive lineman behind Mike Murray, who played for the Gators two decades ago. ...more

December 6, 2008

For University of South Florida receivers coach Mike Canales, it's more than a nickname he has given to senior Marcus Edwards, it's the ultimate compliment: Cap. ...more

September 3, 2008

Double Delight A pale yellow center and red edges double the beauty of this fragrant bloom. ...more

August 28, 2008

The trophy case at Lake Placid High School has become a crowded place in the wake of the volleyball team's recent success, but head coach Marilyn Jones still scoffs at the notion that her Green Dragons are building a dynasty. ...more

August 21, 2008

Armwood No. 2 In Rivals' National Rankings The Armwood football team picked up another national ranking on Monday, and the latest is perhaps the biggest in the program's history. ...more

August 19, 2008

The other day, the New York Times ran a story of a thinly veiled attempt to insult our president. It told how in San Francisco the Presidential Memorial Commission intended to ask voters to change the name of a water treatment plant to the "George W. Bush Sewage Plant." Apparently the plan was "hatched in a bar" and is proposed as "an appropriate honor for a truly unique president." ...more

July 10, 2008