NEWS AND NOTES Plant's Sanderson To Play For Noles The player who protected two of the top quarterbacks in the state the past two seasons will try to do the same for the Florida State Seminoles. ...more

January 30, 2008

Dogs and cats that do temporary stints at the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter don't always get little extras like a scratch behind the ear or walk outside. There's only so many staff members to care for the thousands of abused, neglected or abandoned pets that stay at the shelter each year. ...more

January 14, 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

TAMPA Since Tiarra Anderson was 9, basketball has been the only thing to give her hope. ...more

December 24, 2007

SEBRING — John C. Alleyne, a horticulturist and former university professor, traveled the world, from the Caribbean island republic of Trinidad to the world's highest mountains in Nepal, before deciding to settle in Sebring. He's finishing his second week as the new director of the Highlands County Cooperative Extension Service and says he feels lucky to be in this county, rated No. 2 among the state's 67 counties in citrus production. Alleyne won't be directly involved in helping the citrus growers, as his specialty is commercial horticulture. Citrus work, he said, is handled primarily by the extension office's citrus agent, Tim Hurner. ...more

December 17, 2007

The nurse named Ann asked Shane Kingery a question he had already asked himself during the time he'd spent in Kenya doing mission work last summer. ...more

November 28, 2007

Jeannie Pierola, executive chef for South Tampa culinary icons Bern's Steak House and SideBerns, has left the restaurants. ...more

November 6, 2007

A couple of well-respected NFL coordinators were hired to take over talented, successful clubs two weeks apart in February. ...more

October 2, 2007