Mayor Pam Iorio has proclaimed today Hispanic Heritage Day in Tampa. To help celebrate, the mayor's Hispanic Heritage Celebration Committee has enlisted Ruskin's Frank Garcia to perform "Corazon de Tampa" - a song he wrote about growing up in Tampa in the middle of the 20th century - at the Tampa Theatre. ...more

October 21, 2009

Zoo Needs Good Cleaning I have been a volunteer docent at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for over six years, which is why I've kept my mouth shut up to now, but enough is enough. Read the exact words used by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in temporarily revoking the memberships of both zoo President Lex Salisbury and animal Collections Director Larry Killmar: "for intentionally failing to abide" by the association's policies, etc. ...more

December 10, 2008

He talks to himself, even shouts to himself as he races in from the bullpen to the rescue. He's from Down Under, but Over The Top works for the man from Sydney, Australia, who could moonlight as a Tasmanian Devil. ...more

October 9, 2008

Florence, S.C. resident Nachenga Robinson was taking her three children and a friend of her father's to a Pinellas Park Wal-Mart when she was killed when her car was struck by a person police said was fleeing from an undercover drug sting. ...more

July 19, 2008

Last spring training, his Rays teammates, many of whom remained thoroughly awed by his talent, began laughing whenever B.J. Upton reached into his locker for his gloves, plural. ...more

February 22, 2008

Golf's Grand Slam: It's doable. That's what Tiger Woods is saying. ...more

January 24, 2008

How easy was No. 23 South Florida's 37-10 romp against North Carolina on Saturday? ...more

September 23, 2007

It is 7 a.m. at Jimmy's Boulevard Restaurant in New Port Richey. Mark Spence, an attorney with a downtown office, is eating breakfast. ...more

September 6, 2007