While crowds jam the big box stores, the malls and big name franchise stores Friday to kick off their holiday shopping, merchants in downtown Sebring hope to attract some shoppers their way and wow them with unique items and local charm. ...more

November 25, 2008

Throughout the 1940s, our house was mostly quiet in the evening. My family lived in a borough outside of Pittsburgh, and I was a small child. I liked to loll on the window seat and look at picture books. My sleepy-eyed dad would be sprawled on the couch, a magazine open across his chest. Grandma was in the wingchair, working the crossword, and Mother would be in her easy chair. ...more

June 15, 2008

BRADENTON — A man grabbed a woman from inside a Peaches restaurant on Cortez Road this morning then took her outside to the parking lot before shooting her dead and later killing himself, authorities said. ...more

May 31, 2008

The art in Fine Art and Cigars of Tampa didn't last long. Gonzalo Valdes and his partners have decided to phase out the fine art aspect of the company and instead open a chain of smaller cigar lounges across the Tampa Bay area. ...more

December 5, 2007

Anti-gay graffiti was found spray-painted Tuesday morning on the door and windows of an art gallery on Central Avenue, the owner said. ...more

September 26, 2007

How is it that the body ages while the person inside still feels as young as ever? I find myself making plans as if I can still do all the things I've always done. And then I'm shocked when things take longer, or are more tiring, or I find I simply can't do them at all. ...more

September 23, 2007