End the high school football season with a bang by showing your high school football spirit and voting for the best team helmet. ...more

November 19, 2008

Want to end the high school football season with a bang? Show your spirit by voting for the best team helmet. Schools will go head to head in a survival-style contest where readers can pick their favorite. ...more

November 19, 2008

End the high school football season with a bang. Get into the high school football spirit by voting for the best team's helmet. Schools will go head-to-head against each other in a "Survival"-style contest where readers can vote for their favorite. ...more

November 19, 2008

Want to end the high school football season with a bang? Show your high school football spirit by voting for the best team helmet. High schools will go head-to-head against one another in a survival-style contest where the community can vote for their favorite high school's helmet. ...more

November 19, 2008

Death has always been a part of life. There's evidence that even as far back as 60,000 B.C., Neanderthals were burying their dead with flowers. Every culture has its own traditions and superstitions that accompany death. These are just a few: ...more

November 10, 2008

That's the spirit! Miss Prudence Fipwhistle, a social director who died in 1899 at age 44, led about 150 people on a tour Sunday that raised the past from the grave. Miss Fipwhistle, aka historian Maureen Patrick in 19th century mourning attire, hosted the sixth annual Gothic Graveyard Walk through Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa's Victorian-era necropolis. Following brick pathways under moss-bearded oaks, the visitors heard tales poignant and hilarious about local notables buried at the site, including 13 former mayors and veterans of seven wars. The $5 donations benefit the Tampa Historical Society. ...more

October 27, 2008

Talking to the Tribune in 2001, Tim McGraw was steamed because he said his label, Curb, had released his "Greatest Hits" album a year earlier without telling him. ...more

October 17, 2008

The presentation of Hillsborough County's Ralph Hughes Moral Courage Award today will be free of controversy if the latest recipient has anything to say about the matter. ...more

October 15, 2008

The presentation of Hillsborough County's Ralph Hughes Moral Courage Award on Wednesday will be free of controversy if the latest recipient has anything to say about the matter. Dave Brown, who will receive the award at the county commission meeting, said he will not mention the board's recent decision to rename the honor for Hughes, a conservative political activist and campaign contributor. ...more

October 14, 2008

Yes, it was Wacky Tacky day at Jefferson High School, but the reason some male students were donning lipstick and eye shadow Thursday had nothing to do with spirit week. ...more

October 10, 2008