"Jesus, Jesus," whispers Lottie Mae Durant. That's Barack Obama taking the presidential oath on a TV at the old William Glover School, where Durant and other blacks once learned from first-rate teachers and secondhand books. ...more

February 21, 2009

Blame it on the strawberries. The recent cold snap that had Plant City farmers pumping groundwater to spray on their berries has caused a rash of sinkholes: on Whitelaw Road, Moore Lake Road, Gallagher Road, Sydney Road, Lone Oak Road and Drawdy Road. ...more

February 16, 2009

Blame it on the strawberries. The recent cold snap that had Plant City farmers pumping ground water to spray onto their berries has caused a rash of sinkholes: on Whitelaw Road, Moore Lake Road, Gallagher Road, Sydney Road, Lone Oak Road and Drawdy Road. ...more

February 15, 2009

Three strong-arm robbery suspects are in custody after a chase that started in Pasco County this morning and ended in Lutz. ...more

January 23, 2009

A group of seven or eight men get together for lunch every Wednesday in the back room at the Valencia Garden restaurant. They are older than dirt. Buck Setzer, who just turned 94, asked me to join them last week. ...more

January 9, 2009

I have completed reading "Enforcing the Law" in the Nov. 25 issue of your paper, and would like to make the following observations. ...more

November 29, 2008

South Hillsborough motorists will find their daily commutes disrupted when several daytime lane closures take effect this month. ...more

August 13, 2008

South Hillsborough motorists will find their daily commutes disrupted when several daytime lane closures take effect this month. The first roads to be affected were Fifth Avenue Southeast — between Fifth Street Southeast and Seventh Street Southeast — and Fourth Street Northwest — between Second Avenue Northwest and Inlet Road — in Ruskin. ...more

August 11, 2008

Bobby Bowden did something Friday he said he hasn't done in "probably 10 or 15 years." The Florida State coach spent the evening under Friday night lights at a couple of Tallahassee-area high schools. ...more

November 21, 2007

Bobby Bowden did something Friday he said he hasn't done in "probably 10 or 15 years." The Florida State coach spent the evening under Friday night lights at a couple of Tallahassee-area high schools. ...more

November 20, 2007