In 1972, three years after the University of Tampa Spartans and the Florida A&M University Rattlers played the first integrated football game in the South, Saint Leo College added a club team. ...more

December 31, 2009

There's a reason why Florida A&M University senior LeRoy Vann has become the nation's premier punt-return man, a record-setter who was featured on the pages of Sports Illustrated, an electrifying talent who got the attention of ESPN's "College GameDay" program, prompting an on-campus visit from Desmond Howard, the former Heisman Trophy winner. ...more

November 21, 2009

The second annual Thanksgiving Homeless Awareness Benefit will be held on Nov. 24 at the Redland Christian Migrant Association's Hopewell campus. ...more

October 28, 2009

An old Sussex spaniel taught dogdom a new trick. At 10, Stump became the oldest best in show winner ever at the Westminster Kennel Club, coming out of retirement only last week and walking off with the top prize Tuesday night. ...more

February 11, 2009

Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush's unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government. ...more

January 24, 2009

Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who led the effort to put class-size limits in the state constitution, is running for the U.S. Senate. ...more

January 14, 2009

Two marching bands from Florida have been invited to parade down Pennsylvania Avenue after President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next month. ...more

December 10, 2008

Carolyn Collins sat on her couch the night Barack Obama was elected president and thought about her late parents, who had drilled into her that she had the right to vote. ...more

November 25, 2008

Carolyn Collins sat on her couch the night Barack Obama was elected president and thought about her late parents, who had drilled into her that she had the right to vote. ...more

November 24, 2008

2:19 p.m.: University of Tampa freshman Kira Bushmakina, 18, voted today for the first time at Loretta Ingraham Community Center, 1611 N. Hubert Ave., Tampa. ...more

November 4, 2008