Betty Chambers, an iconic symbol and community leader, died Sunday at her home after a year-long battle with lung cancer. She was 86. ...more

July 21, 2008

WILL SAVE $29,000 ANNUALLY ON BALLPARK MAINTENANCE ...more

July 19, 2008

SEBRING – Are you choosing to stay home with your children this summer? If so, you're probably one of a growing number of parents choosing not to take your kids to summer camps. This year, some local summer camps have seen declining enrollments so far. The drop concerned Linda Crowder, the director of The Children's Museum of the Highlands in Sebring. The museum's $80-per-week camp, which is for third, fourth and fifth graders, had only had 10 of its 25 slots taken last week, even though she saw museum attendance climb by 75 attendants per week compared to the last summer. ...more

July 8, 2008

Hiram Mercado, 71, Tampa Goal: Better fitness following major heart surgery ...more

July 5, 2008

About 40 residents voiced fears about planned cuts to after-school and summer-school programs and staffing during a town hall meeting Thursday at the Westchase Recreation Center. ...more

July 2, 2008

A total body workout is the key for teenagers wanting to be in great shape, says Shawn Balow, a personal trainer at Tampa's Downtown YMCA. ...more

June 20, 2008

County Commissioner Jim Norman once dreamed of funding Hillsborough parks with money spent by soccer-mad parents and their youngsters at a $40 million complex near Plant City. ...more

June 18, 2008

No matter what happens, Hernando County schools will not do away with their school resource officers, crossing guards or YMCA swim program for local kindergarteners. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING — While most of the eight kids eased into the new YMCA swimming pool Tuesday, 9-year-old Dalton Hiller splashed everyone else when he hit a perfect cannonball. Everyone laughed, and then practice began. Hiller and the other students, 6 to 14 years old, were preparing for the July 12 Heartland Triathlon. Depending on age, the kids will swim either 100 or 200 yards, bike three or six miles and run either half a mile or a full mile. Hiller is a Cracker Trail Elementary student and said he lifts weights at home. He hopes to improve on last year's 31st place he earned during the inaugural kids event – maybe even enough to win this time. ...more

June 12, 2008

She is tall and slender, with a waterfall of blond hair descending almost to the daisy tattoo at the bottom of her spine, and on a recent evening she met terror in South Tampa. ...more

May 27, 2008