For the second consecutive year, the Tampa Prep girls volleyball team will enter regional tournament play as district champions. For the second consecutive year, they did it in dominating fashion. ...more

October 30, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have pretty much reached the end of their life. ...more

August 20, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have about reached the end of their life. So city officials plan to replace 348 wooden panes in the eight-floor, nearly century-old landmark building on the corner of Kennedy Boulevard at Florida Avenue. ...more

August 19, 2009

A few minutes into "Waistwatchers: The Calorie-Free Musical," I really wanted a Big Mac. Moments later, I felt fat in my size (blank) pants. By the end of the show, I was ready to hop on a treadmill and burn off the pounds accumulated from that imagined burger. ...more

February 22, 2009

On Sunday, we were proud to have many join us at Heron's Garden in Lake Placid, the site of the annual 9-11 ceremony started by Stanford many years ago. This program was arranged for the sole purpose of dedicating a flag pole with a plaque commemorating the 9-11 disaster. ...more

November 26, 2008

Tampa Prep senior volleyball player Alena Ransom felt a sense of pride walking into The Lakeland Center on Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

In the end, it was the team with the 15 state championship trophies that found a way to win. ...more

November 16, 2008

Lester Cypher of New Port Richey, chief executive officer of the Volunteer Way Food Bank, says don't judge people who get free food from the food bank by the cars they drive. ...more

November 5, 2008

Last year at this time I wrote a short piece about the 9-11 Remembrance happening at the Heron's Garden. I did not say anything about that date but I will this year. ...more

September 12, 2008

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter regarding Prisoners of War-Missing in Action Recognition Day. We should honor the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep our America free, and to salute the families of the missing who continue to keep the candle of hope alive today. There are too many of our people who are missing and unaccounted for from the wars which our nation has been involved in, going back as far as World War II. They are our military and civilians who are our mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. A lot of these wars ended a long time ago but we still should pause and remember their sacrifices. I cannot imagine how I would feel if I lost my husband or family member for this length of time, days, months and yes, even decades. They deserve an answer. ...more

August 11, 2008