BRANDON - A bone marrow drive for Brandon's Brooke Longwell Brantley, a 33-year-old single mom with three young children, is planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 in the parking lot of the Cracker Barrel, 1880 State Road 60 East. Brooke was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia – an aggressive form of cancer – last year. ...more

December 6, 2007

A silver megaphone honoring the heroism of volunteer firefighters in Ybor City in 1889 sat on Joe N. Perez's mantel for a dozen years. ...more

November 2, 2007

TAMPA - "Old Number One" is ready for visitors again. A city fire station built in 1911 that served residents for decades has been reborn for a new task: housing a firefighting museum, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

November 1, 2007

Regarding 'Generous Gift To Kids' Museum Shows Bighearted Side Of Glazers' (Our Opinion, Oct. 21) and 'You've Given Us Big Bucs, But Not Big Bucks' by Daniel Ruth (Metro, Oct. 20): ...more

October 28, 2007

A tornado leveled Jerrold Hoffman's town of Udall more than 50 years ago, killing 77 people and leaving little behind for the survivors. So after a twister swept through Greensburg this year, wreaking similar destruction, he decided he would at least try to help the town get its scenery back. ...more

October 21, 2007

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Deborah Pryce, the Republican congresswoman, in her Washington office. There was a doll propped up against a windowsill, and I wanted to ask her if it had belonged to her daughter, who died of cancer at age 9 in 1999. But that question seemed to trespass on something out of bounds, so I asked about her re-election campaign in 2006. ...more

October 18, 2007

Highlands County Habitat for Humanity has built over 100 homes serving 360 people in our community. Started in 1990, Highlands County now ranks in the top 10 percent of all Habitat affiliates in the nation. ...more

October 16, 2007

Deteriorating Smithsonian facilities have damaged historic airplanes, threatened collections and resulted in the leakage of tens of millions of gallons of water at a National Zoo enclosure, while cuts in security staff have exposed artifacts in the 18 museums to vandalism and theft, the Government Accountability Office reported Friday. ...more

September 29, 2007

Alex Petrilak, the president of a marketing management company, will lead Tampa in its quest to raise $24 million for the Riverwalk project. ...more

September 5, 2007