7:05 p.m.: The North Sarasota Get Out the Vote Coalition fired up the speakers and started preparing a celebration hours before the polls closed. ...more

November 4, 2008

Several hundred people stood under a hot white tent Friday in front of The Art Center at 719 Central Ave. to catch a glimpse of world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. ...more

September 27, 2008

A seven-day revival involving 49 St. Petersburg churches started Sunday night with songs, sermons and a mission to "deal with the ills of society" and to "reach out to the lost," according to pastors. "The energy is very high," said Louis Murphy, pastor of Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. "People are very excited about the revival coming to St. Petersburg." ...more

September 7, 2008

Wayne Dofflemyer of Bayonet Point says "nuclear" is the word some people are afraid to use in addressing America's energy future. ...more

August 2, 2008

WHEN: Saturday-Aug. 14 WHERE: Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Lake Buena Vista ADMISSION/PARKING: Free ...more

July 25, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a robber who took the fizzle out of a vendor's firework sales. ...more

July 4, 2008

Preparing for football season in over 100-degree heat has always been a challenge for Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden, but this year he is experimenting with ways not to burn out his players. ...more

June 24, 2008

SEBRING — On Lemon Street, where drug dealers have ruled and crime has been present for decades, there are now faux red brick sidewalks, new blacktop, white concrete curbs, street lamps and palm trees. The ninth Juneteenth celebration, said Robert Saffold, turned out to be the best because Washington Heights has been restored. ...more

June 21, 2008

Deputies are investigating the stabbing of a homeless man early this morning. ...more

May 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Even a tornado can't keep a good jail down. Just 45 days after an EF-1 tornado tore through the central jail complex off Land O' Lakes Boulevard, the final touches were being made Thursday on the newly erected structure, replacing the one destroyed in the early morning hours of Dec. 16. ...more

February 2, 2008