Linda and Bob Phillips are no strangers to volunteer work. They volunteered to help out the last time the Super Bowl visited Tampa, in 2001, and were in line Thursday morning to pick up their uniforms for this year's event. ...more

January 16, 2009

Betty Chambers, an iconic symbol and community leader, died Sunday at her home after a three-month battle with lung cancer. She was 86. ...more

July 23, 2008

Betty Chambers, an iconic symbol and community leader, died Sunday at her home after a year-long battle with lung cancer. She was 86. ...more

July 21, 2008

In Tuesday May 13's paper on the front page, Jim Konkoly published a very good article titled "Mahoney Outlines Plan To End Recession." The article went on to tell of the talk Mr. Mahoney gave at the homeowners meeting on May 12. At the end of the article he talked about some of the questions that were asked and the answers that Mr. Mahoney gave. A good bit of the Mahoney plan to end the recession was based on putting the people to work in the construction industry. The first question that was asked in the question and answer session was, "How would he keep illegal aliens from taking construction jobs on public infrastructure projects aimed at putting American citizens back to work." The answer given was "We can get this problem fixed, but it cannot be a campaign issue." He said "It's not rocket science, you just have to have the will to do it." ...more

May 17, 2008

J.B. Holmes came back from the brink of defeat to win the FBR Open for the second time in three years, beating Phil Mickelson on the first hole of a playoff Sunday. ...more

February 4, 2008

CHARLESTON, S.C. - At a hastily-called hearing this morning, two University of South Florida students appeared for the first time on federal explosives charges. Youssef Megahed, 21, and Ahmed Mohamed, 24, appeared in mismatched clothes at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Charleston shortly before noon. They had been moved this morning from a nearby county jail, and their attorneys were not told when a hearing would be held today until they showed up for a meeting with U.S. attorneys to discuss the case. ...more

September 6, 2007