Hillsborough County Parks Board recommends giving $2.5 million to the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 9, 2008

As the national anthem played over the loudspeakers Friday afternoon an hour before a $23,000 claiming race opened a 10-race card, the scene at Belmont Park was rather subdued. ...more

June 7, 2008

County parks board to decide Thursday whether to budget $2.5 million for the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 2, 2008

DUNEDIN, Fla. – What locals have known all along is now official around the country: Caladesi Island State Park has the best beach in the nation. ...more

May 22, 2008

Luna Bella is like most 10-year-old youngsters: curious to the point of getting into trouble. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA Luna Bella is like most 10-year-old kids: Curious to the point of getting into trouble. And that's likely what happened when the 85-pound orangutan hopped out of her enclosure at Busch Gardens' new Jungala exhibit Saturday, according to an orangutan expert familiar with the incident. ...more

May 19, 2008

TAMPA - State wildlife investigators were to be at Busch Gardens today to find out how an orangutan busted out of the new Jungala exhibit Saturday. ...more

May 19, 2008

Welcome to Krustyland, "the Krustyest place on Earth," where "fun takes a holiday" and you can take a wild ride with television's favorite cartoon family. ...more

May 2, 2008

Prescribed burns such as the one that on Tuesday sent a plume of smoke heading skyward from Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park help maintain the park's ecological balance, the park's manager says. ...more

January 11, 2008

A male Grevy's zebra was born Dec. 27 at Busch Gardens. The foal was able to run with the rest of the herd within an hour of its birth, according to park officials. ...more

January 4, 2008