South Bay Hospital is celebrating its 25th year in the community, marking its growth from a small satellite of the Hospital Corporation of America's facility in Bradenton to a full-service, 112-bed medical and surgical complex. ...more

January 30, 2008

Our association needs to know if we have the legal right to have a vehicle removed from an assigned parking place without the owner's consent. The vehicle is not in proper condition, leaks oil, lacks tags and has flat tires. ...more

January 26, 2008

WAUCHULA — Vandals armed with spray paint cans struck classroom walls, doors, floors, hallways and the center court of the gymnasium at Hardee Junior High School Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. ...more

January 24, 2008

Estranged brother and sister Jon and Wendy Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) are screwed-up and self-absorbed, but they certainly seem realistic. Sometimes they're shrill; sometimes they're scared; often they're incredibly thoughtless and have no qualms about lying to each other. ...more

January 20, 2008

St. Joseph's Hospital is appealing last month's decision rejecting its bid to build a new hospital on Big Bend Road in Riverview. ...more

January 19, 2008

When state regulators decided South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center could move to a new location, they disappointed area residents and a competitor that also hopes to build a new hospital in Riverview. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — Most people trim a tree and lots of people hang lights on their house, but residents in Fairmount Estates decorate something else with holiday cheer –– their golf carts. ...more

December 19, 2007

THE VILLAGES - Retirees zip around in personalized golf carts from polo matches to the basket-weaving club to Wal-Mart. Days of the week are denoted by tee times. Sunset is washed down with a cold beer or margarita at outdoor happy hour. The backdrop is a town square, where a faux-rustic facade and classic oldies pumping from speakers festooned on street lamp posts make visitors wonder if Gene Kelly might emerge for an encore of "Singin' in the Rain." ...more

November 19, 2007

Determined residents of this retirement community packed Community Hall on Tuesday to make their case why South Bay Hospital should not be allowed to move six miles north to Big Bend Road in Riverview. ...more

October 31, 2007

SUN CITY CENTER - About 1,000 people turned out today for a public hearing on South Bay Hospital's proposal to close its operation in this retirement community and move about six miles north to a facility it wants to build on Big Bend Road in Riverview. ...more

October 30, 2007