EDITOR'S NOTE: Jessica Castillo, 12, just finished the sixth grade at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa. She was chosen writer of the year by teacher Sharee Romaine, who wrote, "I wasn't planning to choose a writer of the year until this student's 'Heart of Christ' paper was turned in to me." ...more

June 7, 2008

For the first 16 minutes of the Plant City boys basketball team's Class 6A-Region 2 final against Orlando Evans, it seemed destiny was on its side. ...more

February 24, 2008

They're Two Of A Kind First, Lauren Danielle Smith was named Miss Congeniality at the Florida Strawberry Festival pageant. Then her identical twin, Kristen Elise Smith, won the queen's crown. "We look so much alike and enjoy the pageantry so much we know that if just one of us makes it, it could have just as easily been the other," Kristen says. plantcity.tbo.com ...more

February 10, 2008

Like the greeting cards she's now marketing, Ivette Mayo's career evolved through fate rather than design. ...more

December 30, 2007

BELLEVIEW — A holiday treat. That's what the Sebring girls basketball team enjoyed by blasting Pine Ridge (Deltona) 41-29 in Thursday's first round of the Lady Rattlers Holiday Tournament. The Class 3A Blue Streaks improved to 11-4 on the season as Whitney Wells scored a team-high 12 points, while Chelsea Davis chipped in with eight points and Benita Grant added six. "Our defense was solid," said Sebring first-year coach Mike Lee. "We rebounded well and showed a lot of patience on offense." ...more

December 29, 2007

I would like to commend Bill and Lyn Roche. They head up the Alzheimer's support group that meets at Crown Point Assisting Living Facility on Thursdays at 1 p.m. I was the speaker at the meeting on Thursday, Dec. 6. As a podiatrist I spoke about foot care, but I was very impressed by the way the Roches take "care" of these "caregivers" and the patience they have with the attendees who have Alzheimer's. ...more

December 21, 2007

Bad Choices Have Bad Consequences At the risk of being called an apologist for Domenick Maglio, I must again defend his principles for raising children. ...more

December 20, 2007

Learning Environment Regarding "Pasco's Black Schools Prepared Students For Life," Imani Asukile, Dec. 8: ...more

December 16, 2007

The Bucs' schedule is littered with teams that gave up on Greg White. Every one probably wishes it would have exercised a little more patience with the defensive end. ...more

December 13, 2007

It is one thing for the president of the United States to pardon a pair of turkeys every year and send them off to live out their days in Florida. It's quite another to save a turkey from the Thanksgiving table by inviting it to live with you. ...more

November 22, 2007