Lightning City Gymnastics and LaFleur's Tampa each won level 5 team titles at the Florida State Gymnastics Meet that took place Saturday and Sunday. Event host Lightning City won the large team title with a total of 151.925 points, while LaFleur's finished with 110.150. ...more

December 22, 2007

CELTICS 107, BULLS 82 CHICAGO (82) - Nocioni 2-6 3-4 8, Deng 3-10 2-4 8, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Hinrich 1-5 0-0 2, Gordon 5-12 7-8 19, Gray 6-11 2-4 14, Thomas 2-5 3-4 7, Duhon 3-7 3-4 10, Sefolosha 1-5 0-0 2, Noah 2-4 1-4 5, Khryapa 0-5 3-4 3, Griffin 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 27-76 24-36 82. ...more

December 22, 2007

Lightning City Gymnastics and LaFleur's Tampa each won level 5 team titles at the Florida State Gymnastics Meet that took place Saturday and Sunday. Event host Lightning City won the large team title with a total of 151.925 points, while LaFleur's finished with 110.150. ...more

December 22, 2007

Lightning City Gymnastics and LaFleur's Tampa each won level 5 team titles at the Florida State Gymnastics Meet that took place Saturday and Sunday. Event host Lightning City won the large team title with a total of 151.925 points, while LaFleur's finished with 110.150. ...more

December 22, 2007

Lightning City Gymnastics and LaFleur's Tampa each won level 5 team titles at the Florida State Gymnastics Meet that took place Saturday and Sunday. Event host Lightning City won the large team title with a total of 151.925 points, while LaFleur's finished with 110.150. ...more

December 22, 2007

Visitors are invited to see Railroad Santa north of Plant City on Friday and Saturday. ...more

December 20, 2007

TAMPA - Instead of letting police pull him over, Kevin M. Griffin drove his motorcycle recklessly and fast late Tuesday in the Ybor City area, turning onto trolley tracks while trying to flee, police say. ...more

December 19, 2007

A 20-year-old Palm Harbor man engaged in sexual activities with a 13-year-old girl in an apartment complex restroom Sunday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 10, 2007

NEWS AND NOTES Hillsborough County's 2008 track schedule has a major scheduling conflict. The annual Nash Higgins Relays at Leto - a meet all of the county's public schools are required to attend - is slated for March 1, the same day as the Steak n Shake Invitational at USF. According to Wharton track coach Wes Newton, who has spearheaded hosting the Steak n Shake meet the past several years, March 1 was the only date available for the event. For any number of reasons - none the least of which is that Leto features an unforgiving asphalt track measured in yards - Newton says he would prefer sending his team to the USF meet. He also would prefer the competition at Steak n Shake, which would come from across the state. ...more

December 6, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners need to find one more person, with the right credentials, to appoint a state-mandated citizens advisory committee on affordable workforce housing. At stake is the county's ability to keep receiving about $900,000 per year in state funding for housing assistance programs. Ten of the 11 seats on the committee have been tentatively filled, but commissioners are waiting to appoint the committee until the 11th position is filled. That person must be a county resident "who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing," according to state law. "Generally, that would be a contractor or a developer," said Jim Polatty, the county's development director. ...more

December 1, 2007