The king and queen wore crowns and robes that brushed the tops of their sneakers. ...more

March 25, 2009

Longtime South Shore residents have come to expect an annual rite of passage this time of year - the competition for the crown and title of Tomato Queen. ...more

February 25, 2009

It's been an eventful February for Eugene and Arlene Bowen, residents of Edwinola Retirement Community in Dade City. On Feb. 5, the couple celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary; Friday, they were crowned the King and Queen of Edwinola. ...more

February 14, 2009

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain plan to visit Pensacola next month to help the city mark it's 450th birthday. ...more

January 12, 2009

A veterans group is offering a $100 U.S. Savings Bond to the two winners of this year's Buddy Poppy Contest. ...more

October 8, 2008

Living In An Equestrian World The people who make up the Bay area's thriving horse community don't drop their lifestyle at the stable door. Their love of all things equestrian tends to follow them through the house, from paintings in the living room to bucking toothbrush holders in the bathroom. ...more

July 17, 2008

When I was a girl in the 1920s, celebrating May Day was one of Tampa's annual traditions. I don't know when the tradition started or when it ended, but the May Day Festival was a big event for more than 25 years. ...more

May 18, 2008

Columbia Restaurant owner Richard Gonzmart thought he was blessed in 2006 when someone returned a stolen bronze bust of his mother about a month after it vanished from outside the landmark Ybor City restaurant. ...more

February 5, 2008

Saturday, an employee of the Columbia Restaurant discovered that the 80-pound hollow sculpture of Richard Gonzmart's mother, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, was gone from its sidewalk pedestal. Someone had wrenched the likeness of the restaurant family's matriarch from the marble where it had been bolted and welded after another theft in December 2005. ...more

February 4, 2008

Special education students - some in wheelchairs or using walkers - were the models at a fashion show last week at Plant City High School. ...more

February 2, 2008