To dentists, Halloween is truly the scariest of holidays - all those sticky, gooey sugary things that pass through the night into the waiting sacks of young trick-or-treaters. ...more

October 31, 2009

In Sun City Center, the golf cart is king. Every day, hundreds of the low-speed electric vehicles ferry residents down wide, palm-tree-lined streets in this south Hillsborough retirement community. Cars are rarely needed here: doctors' offices, restaurants and shops are within walking - or carting - distance. ...more

October 31, 2009

But three years ago, retail giant Walmart moved across busy U.S. 301, cutting seniors off from low-cost medications and discounted merchandise that helped them stretch their fixed incomes. A solution to the problem may come Wednesday, when Hillsborough County commissioners consider building a cart path across a field from East Del Webb Boulevard to a signalized crossing at U.S. 301 and Cape Stone Avenue. ...more

October 30, 2009

To dentists, Halloween is truly the scariest of holidays - all those sticky, gooey sugary things that pass through the night into the waiting sacks of young trick-or-treaters. ...more

October 28, 2009

Residents can get a glimpse of what public transportation in Hernando County might look like in the next 10 years by attending Tuesday's meeting of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. ...more

September 27, 2009

For the second year in a row, more than half of the students applying to the University of South Florida will be rejected. ...more

March 30, 2009

Applications to the University of South Florida are in line to break another record this year, said undergraduate admissions director Bob Spatig. ...more

March 27, 2009

Millard Shumate, former president of Tampa's Bayshore Runners Club and a nationally competitive age-group runner, died Wednesday night at Memorial Hospital following a bout with pneumonia. He was 86. ...more

March 5, 2009

Debbie Harris knew the military dog tag and small metal emblem of a Navy fighter squadron she recently found in the sand near her home on an Alabama beach belonged to a Blue Angels pilot who was killed when his jet crashed there a half-century ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

Ironically, the "Night of January 16th," a play soon to be performed by a Masque Community Theatre cast, contains dialogue about societal issues 75 years ago that continue to plague our country today. ...more

February 11, 2009