In a packed ceremony Monday morning at the Tampa Convention Center, 413 people from 74 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens while family members and friends watched. ...more

December 8, 2009

More than 400 people from roughly 74 countries were in as United States citizens today at the Tampa Convention Center. Among those taking the oath of allegiance was Ukraine native Oleg Prudius, billed in the ring as wrestler Vladimir Kozlov. ...more

December 7, 2009

A spunky modern-day Alice, with a curly mop top of red hair and a slinky red dress, takes us on a romp through the eight levels and 20 songs of "Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure," the new musical that officially opened Saturday in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. ...more

December 6, 2009

A spunky modern-day Alice, with curly mop-top of red-hair and a slinky red dress, takes us on a romp through the eight levels and 20 songs of "Wonderland," the new musical that officially opens Saturday in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. ...more

December 5, 2009

Many friends and family members thought it would never last, this odd couple. He was kind of a carouser, a jock-type. She was more reserved, kind of a homebody. ...more

November 28, 2009

Old Palm Harbor Main Street and the North Pinellas Historical Society are teaming up to bring the tradition of a Sunday Farmer's Market back to Palm Harbor. ...more

December 27, 2008

For Ridgewood's Keari Brink, the question was never about talent. The county's best girls pole vaulter all year, she broke the Rams' school record and won every event she competed in prior to the Class 3A state finals May 2. ...more

December 27, 2008

Before Tampa Bay running back Clifton Smith steps onto the field to face New Orleans on Sunday, he will write a reflective phrase on each sneaker, one he scribbles before every game. ...more

November 29, 2008

Kindergartners and preschoolers at Independent Day School have spent the past two weeks immersed in Pilgrim life as teachers sought to put history in a context today's children could understand. ...more

November 19, 2008

One by one at just past dawn, five vibrantly colored balloons poked through a rapidly clearing fog, during the start of a 12 mile hour-long journey. ...more

November 7, 2008