The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is looking to do its part to reduce the area's nearly 12 percent unemployment rate. ...more

October 23, 2009

Nine o'clock in the morning is the start of the workday for most professionals in America. For avid tennis players living in Sun City Center, 9 a.m. is a prized time for competing in their favorite sport. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Palm Harbor Lady Hurricanes ran their overall record to 6-1 Tuesday night by overmatching Boca Ciega in straight games. ...more

September 24, 2008

Two circuit court judges are facing challengers, and six others are vying for three open spots in elections to be held Aug. 26. ...more

August 11, 2008

Where's the old Court TV when we need it? The 76-year-old "French Fry Grandma" is scheduled to go on trial in Pinellas County Court July 10 in a legal donnybrook that gets saltier by the week. ...more

July 7, 2008

Eleven athletes from the Tennis for Fun program at the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center qualified for and participated in the 36th annual Special Olympics Florida State Summer Games May 16-17 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. ...more

July 2, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Playing with effort, intensity and determination — something that's been lacking on a consistent basis during the season — the Lake Placid boys basketball team used a balanced attack led by Conlin Veley's team-high 13 points to beat LaBelle 64-49 on Friday night. Veley also pulled down 12 rebounds, while younger brother Kurt Veley scored nine points on three 3-pointers as the Class 3A Green Dragons improved to 9-11 with the non-district win. "It was a good win for us," Conlin Veley said. "When we play with effort and intensity, we're a pretty good team. We need to play hard every minute, because when we let down we lose our tempo and teams make runs on us. ...more

January 27, 2008

You've already enrolled your teenagers in Advanced Placement Mandarin, retained a $9,000-a-year college admissions consultant to help refine their applications and sent them off to Kyrgyzstan to dig irrigation ditches for the summer. Still, there's no guarantee that they'll get into an Ivy League university. What are you going to do? ...more

December 13, 2007