I've been doing some strange things lately, and I'm not alone. My sewing sister called me from Lowe's last weekend to tell me she was standing at the vegetable seed displays and ask what would be good to start now? ...more

February 27, 2009

Plant City's Fourth of July parade has always brought in a crowd. Friday, Tampa driver Matt Haynes will use it to reach a new audience and some potential sponsors for his racing career. ...more

July 3, 2008

For a year, Timothy Robert Chipley had trained for a trip to Thailand to practice a form of martial arts he loves, his friends said. ...more

February 1, 2008

A woman sentenced to prison and a public lashing after being gang-raped has been pardoned by the Saudi monarch in a case that sparked an international outcry, including rare criticism from the United States, the kingdom's top ally. ...more

December 18, 2007

WHO: Local Women Marines Association members BACK IN DOLLIE'S DAY: Fresh out of high school in Chicago and only 18, Dollie Pobozny was in the first group of women trainees at Camp Lejeune. The Marines moved basic training for women to the base in North Carolina in 1943. ...more

December 3, 2007

Several women on the Suncoast remember their days in the Marine Corps, during World War II and the 1950s. ...more

November 10, 2007

Laurie Philpot knew she needed to do something when she learned an old high school friend's 2-year-old son had leukemia and the mounting medical costs had thrown the family's finances into disarray. ...more

October 1, 2007