NORTH TAMPA - Students, staff, parents and community members celebrated the near completion of the first school year at Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High with a dedication ceremony Tuesday. The event started with a ribbon cutting and members of the audience entering the school together through the front doors of the building. School founders Derrick Brooks and Eddie DeBartolo spoke about what the journey to dedication day has meant to them. ...more

May 20, 2008

A new oak tree stands on the grounds of Mort Elementary, honoring a little girl who once walked the school's halls. ...more

May 10, 2008

Gulf Coast Worship Center will hold a dedication ceremony May 18 for something that is already a favorite landmark for many local residents. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - First-grader Tatum Johnson loved to frolic with friends on the school playground. The 7-year-old enjoyed playing with classmates and came home every day with tales of her school adventures. Though Tatum can no longer run with her friends though the Mort Elementary fields, her memory has become a permanent part of the school campus. ...more

May 9, 2008

As the weather gets warmer and people head out of state or to the beaches for the summer, local garden clubs wind down their club year with luncheons and other activities. Among the upcoming events: ...more

May 3, 2008

The Purple Heart Memorial dedicated Saturday morning at MacDill Air Force Base is intended for all U.S. Navy members and veterans, but mostly it is a monument to Ronald "Ronnie" Ginther. ...more

February 24, 2008

Randy Spetman wasn't actively seeking another job, so when well-known NCAA hiring consultant Chuck Neinas called Spetman several weeks ago to gauge his interest in applying for the Florida State athletic director's job, Spetman needed time to think. ...more

February 5, 2008

Florida State President T.K. Wetherell will introduce Randy Spetman as FSU's new athletic director today. ...more

February 3, 2008

The gated community adjacent to the Seven Springs Golf and Country Club got a new status symbol last Saturday, an historical marker commemorating the place where the Seven Springs community got its name and start. "We spend a lot of our time at our meetings deciding on the wording for these things," said Scott Black, co-chair of the Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee. ...more

January 19, 2008

For about three years, two Pasco Fire Rescue companies worked out of Station No. 24 in Dade City, running calls from city limits to Darby, Trilby and Blanton, a huge area by anyone's calculations. ...more

January 18, 2008