Is she Janet Cruz or Janet Rifkin? Or maybe Janet Gonzalez? Janet Cruz is the front-runner in the special election to replace state Rep. Mike Scionti in state House District 58 in heavily Hispanic West Tampa and Town 'N Country. ...more

January 6, 2010

Is she Janet Cruz or Janet Rifkin? Or maybe Janet Gonzalez? Janet Cruz is the front-runner in the special election to replace state Rep. Mike Scionti in state House District 58 in heavily Hispanic West Tampa and Town 'N Country. But for the past six years, she has been known as Janet Rifkin. ...more

January 4, 2010

The 61-year-old building that houses Pasco Middle School is something of a landmark in this east Pasco town. ...more

December 23, 2009

Breads, cakes and pastries prepared daily are the recipe for success at Housewife Bake Shop, a family business celebrating a half-century at the same Central Tampa location. ...more

December 16, 2009

Breads, cakes and pastries prepared daily are the recipe for success at Housewife Bake Shop, a family business celebrating a half-century at the same Central Tampa location. ...more

December 16, 2009

Breads, cakes and pastries prepared daily are the recipe for success at Housewife Bake Shop, a family business celebrating a half-century at the same Central Tampa location. ...more

December 14, 2009

Cheryl Green's head bobbed in time with the bluegrass sounds produced by the Palmetto Ramblers. ...more

November 28, 2009

NEW YORK - Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury during a beginners' ski lesson. ...more

March 19, 2009

With three generations of my family in Ybor City, my childhood memories are the catalyst for the ideal of a kinder, gentler society. ...more

March 15, 2009

I hope that some in Congress recognize the tremendous amount of pork/paybacks that this stimulus bill contains: $2.4 billion for carbon capture products; $4.19 billion for Acorn, who is under federal investigation for voter fraud across the Northeast; $400 million for more global warming research; $50 million for National Endowment of The Arts; $200 million for refurbishing the National Mall. And this is just the tip of the  iceberg. The Employee Free Choice Act is a giveaway to the unions that supported Mr. Obama. ...more

February 14, 2009