Keeping The Strawberry Tradition Alive Sam Astin, a third-generation strawberry farmer in Plant City, volunteered time and material to help the students at Turkey Creek Middle School learn what it takes to be successful farmers. He says that when he was 13, he "prepared the ground; planted and harvested the crop; packed and sold it to a vegetable broker." ...more

November 18, 2007

A revered rooster that few knew and was lunchmeat for a hungry canine 10 years ago was memorialized with a New Orleans-style mock funeral procession down Ybor City on Sunday afternoon. ...more

November 11, 2007

Keeping a hand or foot pressed against a 12-foot Hannah Montana statue may not be your idea of a good time, but for contestants trying to win tickets to a sold-out concert, it's the least they can do for their children. ...more

November 9, 2007

The Orlando Magic may have improved this offseason, though still not enough to beat Detroit yet. Even if the Pistons are without Richard Hamilton, and even though they played the night before. ...more

November 3, 2007

Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job. ...more

October 31, 2007