Now that the teams in Super Bowl XLIII are set, interest seems to have ratcheted up from people looking for a home to rent for the big game in the Tampa Bay area. Wendy Mantell, an area real-estate broker, said his phone "lit up'' Sunday after it became clear the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers would be battling it out in Tampa on Feb. 1. ...more

January 19, 2009

Progress Energy may need more right of way for transmission lines through Hernando County, but that need will be "limited," the company said Friday. ...more

December 27, 2008

TAMPA Local artist Eileen Goldenberg finished second in the national "My Wendy, My Way" Art Contest. She received $5,000 for her painting, which depicted the fast food chain's iconic character participating in the Gasparilla Parade. The contest required incorporating Wendy into the local community. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA Local artist Eileen Goldenberg is one of three finalists for the national "My Wendy, My Way" Art Contest, which boasts a $25,000 award. Goldenberg's painting of the fast food chain's classic Wendy's icon dressed for the Gasparilla Parade and frolicking on Bayshore Boulevard "captured the spirit" of the contest, said spokeswoman Lauren Knox. ...more

December 9, 2008

Following its tradition of electing a new chairman each year, the School Board of Highlands County approved Andy Tuck to head the board for the next 12 months. ...more

November 22, 2008

Stetson University has picked the first female president in its 125-year history, Wendy Libby, from Stephens College, in Columbia, Mo. ...more

November 22, 2008

Stetson University has picked the first female president in its 125-year history, Wendy Libby, from Stephens College, in Columbia, Mo. ...more

November 21, 2008

In March, East Bay High's Lauren Verbosky broke a 30-year-old school record in track and field. Recently, the senior four-sport star was recognized as one of the state's best student-athletes for her achievements in the classroom and on the field. ...more

November 10, 2008

Deputies are investigating the second case within two weeks of a car crashing into a dentist's office. ...more

November 10, 2008

7:35 a.m.: Wendy Menouni emerges from voting at New Mount Zion Baptist Church on Columbus Drive early this morning with three young future voters in tow. "We're a divided household," she says. "Two of us are for McCain and two are for Obama." ...more

November 4, 2008