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January 6, 2008

Following his team's 5-0 opening-round loss to Tampa-Alonso in the Ridgewood Winter Boys Soccer Classic Wednesday afternoon, Springstead coach Sal Calabrese was asked what he thought of the team that just beat him. ...more

December 29, 2007

TAMPA - An 84-year-old man was killed Sunday morning after another man backed up a van into a car that then struck the victim, Hillsborough deputies said. ...more

December 9, 2007

SEBRING — Singing nursery rhymes in kindergarten is fun. But these days, about 30 students from Hill-Gustat Middle School are harnessing the power of nursery rhymes to improve their reading fluency. ...more

December 6, 2007

AVON PARK — A hired consultant has called the soccer field near Memorial Field a "liability" to the city and recomended it should be overhalued. The city council, meanwhile, was reluctant to close it and instead ordered City Manager C.B. Shirey to "evaluate" the field by Wednesday. Dan Morgan, an agronomist from Lithia who was hired by the city to examine all of its parks, said it was overused, while its current condition creates a safety hazard. The park system in general also had problems. "The potential for injury is good," Morgan said. Though he said he wasn't exactly suggesting it should be shut down entirely, he said, "they need to shut it down and rennovate it." ...more

November 29, 2007

Julio Perez had a goal and two assists as Alonso came back from a goal down to hand Gaither its first loss of the season with a 4-1 win at Gaither Stadium on Tuesday night. ...more

November 27, 2007

The much-improved offense that Saint Leo men's basketball coach Mike Madagan has been talking about finally made its debut Saturday at the Bowman Center, and it sure did look different than years past. ...more

November 19, 2007

Ken and Linda Mackenzie have invested $23,000 in a dream pool for their backyard in Brandon. ...more

November 3, 2007

The Breeders' Cup kicks off today at Monmouth Park with three $1 million races that give the season-ending championships a second day of racing for the first time in the event's 24 years. ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have charged two men with trafficking in cocaine after a monthlong investigation into a distributing organization operating in District 1, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 7, 2007