Bruce Rodwell, a retired produce buyer who came here to establish a strawberry operation - and never left - is Plant City's Outstanding Citizen of the Year. ...more

February 25, 2009

SEBRING The Avon Park wrestling team is like a runaway train that can't be stopped. The Red Devils dominated the action from the opening whistle by taking six weight classes en route to the overall team title in Saturday's Spiegel Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Sebring High School. "It's always special to win the Spiegel because it's a quality event with good competition," said Avon Park co-coach Ed Brown. "I'm really proud of our guys because they stepped up and took care of business." ...more

January 26, 2009

The woman who former City Clerk Karen Phillips intended to succeed her has done just that. ...more

January 22, 2009

Eagle 515 has an attitude, and that may pull him through. "He's an interesting case," said Diana Flynt, rehabilitation supervisor with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Orange County, where Eagle 515 is recuperating. "It helps to be so cute." ...more

September 24, 2008

Eagle 515 has an attitude, and that may be the very trait he needs to pull through. He's an interesting case," said Diana Flynt, rehabilitation supervisor with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Orange County, where Eagle 515 is recuperating. "It helps to be so cute." ...more

September 23, 2008

A Community Asset Michelle Bearden's luminous article "Smilin' Jack" (Getaway, July 27) reminded me what a privilege it is to live in Tampa and what a disservice the Tribune has done to the community by decimating the daily Baylife section. ...more

August 3, 2008

Those who played with Geremi Gonzalez during his two seasons pitching for Tampa Bay remembered him fondly Monday, a day after he was killed by a lightning strike at age 33. ...more

May 27, 2008

To say Milly Figuereo's life changed when she became a Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader would be an understatement, if you ask her. "It changed immensely! It's like being part of a juggling act," she says. "But I love it and it just takes being strict with your schedule and living by that Blackberry." ...more

December 12, 2007