6. WOMEN IN POWER Women in the Bay area held positions of authority before 2000, but there were never so many at the same time as in the first decade of the 21st century. Those in high places included Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio; Hillsborough Community College President Gwendolyn Stephenson; Judy Genshaft, USF president; MaryEllen Elia, Hillsborough County schools superintendent; Pat Bean, Hillsborough County administrator; Jane Castor, Tampa police chief; Denise Palmer, publisher of The Tampa Tribune; and Janet Coats, the newspaper's former vice president and executive editor. ...more

December 31, 2009

United Way of Tampa Bay presented its first Tocqueville Society Award to Thonotosassa residents Bill McBride and Alex Sink at a holiday gathering Dec. 6. ...more

December 23, 2009

Families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty were recognized recently at the annual Gold Shield luncheon. ...more

December 23, 2009

These days, when people think of Florida, they're more likely to see mouse ears than cattle horns. ...more

November 21, 2009

Hidden between the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastlines, amid 7 million acres of this state's interior, is the world of the Florida cowboy. ...more

November 15, 2009

It will be cows, not pirates, invading Tampa's streets later this month. ...more

November 12, 2009

Need a job? Want an affordable home? Come to Tampa. You're not likely to hear those words these days, but 50 years ago, that was the marketing campaign of developers luring Northerners to the Sunshine State. ...more

November 1, 2009

The year was 1959, and the nation was recovering from a recession. Unemployment was at 1.4 million; foreign relations were strained as Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba; and motorists were complaining about a 2-cent rise in gas prices to 32 cents a gallon. ...more

October 30, 2009

It's one thing to have a dream - a vision. It's something else again to bring that vision to life. ...more

October 26, 2009

Today's TECO Streetcar Fest offers 5-cent rides on the downtown streetcar line, along with free lunch certificates for children at Centro Ybor, tours of the Ybor Station streetcar barn and other activities. ...more

October 10, 2009