Parents opposed to a cell phone tower at Cimino Elementary School are urging likeminded parents to attend a March 16 Hillsborough County zoning hearing in a last-ditch effort to stop the tower from being erected. ...more

March 4, 2009

Elaborate floats and costumes were the norm for the traditional New Year's parades in California and Philadelphia on Thursday. ...more

January 2, 2009

TAMPA A 78-year-old mental health therapist faces up to life in prison after being convicted this afternoon of a federal charge that he drove to the Tampa area to sexually and physically abuse two boys he thought would be made available by their father. After the verdict was read, Charles Friedlander was overcome with emotion, according to his attorney, George Tragos. He was led away to jail in a wheelchair. ...more

December 16, 2008

Charles Friedlander is "a 78-year-old lonely man whose only social life is on the Internet," and not a pedophile who attempted to sexually and physically abuse two boys, Friedlander's lawyer told a jury today. ...more

December 15, 2008

It wasn't just the snakes that drew folks to the 42nd annual Rattlesnake Festival. There was plenty of food, games and more. Cowboy Tom's Wild West Show delighted the crowd with stories, trick roping and gun shootouts on Saturday. A western wear contest topped Sunday's activities. ...more

October 22, 2008

I grew up in north Georgia knowing that my grandmother was born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in 1882. Her Hulsey family traveled there in 1881. Unfortunately, I was too young to be interested in genealogy when my grandmother was alive and never asked about her childhood. ...more

January 20, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - She's not fanatical about astrology, but JoAnn Carrin thought it might be fun to have a daily horoscope text-messaged to her cell phone. ...more

November 30, 2007