As Marian Speranza and JoAnn Ulm walk through the halls of the Palms of Sebring's health care center, shaky arms reach out from wheelchairs to grab their hands. Tired faces light up, and eyes follow them, vying for their attention. ...more

November 2, 2009

Hillsborough County's regional parks will begin charging entry fees for the first time on Sunday. ...more

October 30, 2009

Like many of you, I drive around the county seven days a week. Traffic lights are everywhere. ...more

October 24, 2009

The Pasco County Health Department has reported the first swine-flu related death of a county resident. ...more

October 8, 2009

Get ready for school. ...more

August 13, 2009

The upcoming school year in Hillsborough County has 14 half days scheduled. If the school board wanted to save money, why don't they have seven additional student days off for teacher planning or shorten the school year by seven days? ...more

July 31, 2009

Bell Shoals Baptist Church is asking members with flulike symptoms to stay home after a child attending its vacation Bible school was identified as a possibly having swine flu. ...more

July 20, 2009

A church has informed its congregation that a child attending its vacation Bible school has a probable case of swine flu. ...more

July 19, 2009

Thrifty car rental is offering a $1 daily base rate for one-way rentals from Tampa International Airport to eight Northeast and Midwest airports through June 25 as it repositions its fleet. ...more

June 19, 2009

Thrifty car rental is offering a $1 daily base rate for one-way rentals from Tampa International Airport to eight Northeast and Midwest airports through June 25 as an inducement to reposition part of its fleet. ...more

June 17, 2009