For the first time in decades, there will be no districtwide science fair next year for local elementary school students. ...more

June 11, 2008

Soaring aviation fuel prices are beginning to ground some private pilots. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — Last weekend's Highlands Art League fundraiser, "Art on the Waterfront," which attracted about 150 art patrons to the home of Martile and Tim Blackman, was a financial success. Alice Stroppel, art league executive director, said the event included live paintings by Janet King and Alice Hansen, plus an auction. ...more

April 30, 2008

For years, the New Tampa Community Council has sought to create a fall fundraiser that can match its popular and financially successful spring food festival, the Taste of New Tampa. ...more

February 18, 2008

For years, the New Tampa Community Council has sought to create a fall fundraiser that can match its popular and financially successful spring food festival, the Taste of New Tampa. ...more

February 16, 2008

As he awaits sentencing for one scheme in Tampa, convicted con artist Jordan Gann has emerged as a suspect in an almost identical case in St. Petersburg. ...more

February 7, 2008

Ready to cozy up next to former Mayor Dick Greco? As soon as March, Tampa residents and tourists will be able to take a seat next to the former mayor, who will be commemorated with a bronze bench and statue meant to honor him for his two stints as Tampa's mayor. ...more

January 13, 2008

Firefighters extinguished a one-alarm blaze that destroyed a Tampa home early this morning, Tampa Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

January 11, 2008

HUNTER'S GREEN - For years, Frank Margarella has been one of the most respected community leaders in New Tampa, and he appeared poised for a seat on the Tampa City Council. At the start of the year, he led a three-man race in fundraising for the election campaign and was beginning to pick up endorsements. Then in February, questions surfaced about how the New Tampa real estate agent was spending those funds and why so much of it went to Hunter's Green Golf & Country Club. ...more

January 2, 2008

Once every century or so, a community marks the passing of someone whose influence has been so profound it defies description. ...more

November 24, 2007