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7:15 a.m.: Blaine Conte was about to spend a day mixing commerce and politics. On a normal day, Conte would be towing his hotdog-and-snack stand to construction sites. Today, he was set up outside the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa with enough franks and fixin's for 250 hot dogs. ...more
November 4, 2008
A few minutes into the fourth quarter, Armwood's Angelo Hadley intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown, which led to something that had never - ever - happened in the 16 years Earl Garcia has coached at Hillsborough. ...more
October 25, 2008
A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor - but still got a bill for $162. ...more
October 22, 2008
SEBRING The Sebring Police Department is advising the public to be wary of folks who might approach them and say they have won the Florida lottery. On Wednesday, Officer John Garrison met with a fraud victim, who said she met an unidentified Hispanic male and female at Winn-Dixie. The man told her he had won $3 million in the lottery, but could not cash the ticket because he was in the country illegally, according to an offense report. ...more
October 16, 2008
A local man was charged with attempted murder after police say he opened fire with a gun in the area of Lula B. White Street, early Thursday morning, striking a residence. ...more
October 10, 2008
Westbound traffic on Interstate 4 near Park Road was blocked for a few minutes this afternoon after a vehicle crash and fire. ...more
September 19, 2008
"That's a talented guy - the best first step in college football," Florida coach Urban Meyer said Monday, relishing the full-speed addition of playmaker Percy Harvin into the Gators' offensive game plan. ...more
September 16, 2008
The new-look Lightning hit the ice Tuesday with someone new at almost every key position in the organization, including players such as Ryan Malone, Steven Stamkos, Andrej Meszaros and Olie Kolzig. ...more
September 14, 2008
It was pretty much back and forth in a tight game between Plant City and Durant, until, that is, Durant took over on its 6-yard line with just more than a minute to go in the third quarter. ...more
September 6, 2008
Last week's column about the closing of Whaley's Market in Hyde Park brought in a lot of mail and much of it touched on the loss of neighborhood institutions. ...more
August 11, 2008
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