For those seeking family-oriented alternatives for Halloween fun, two Pasco County organizations are sponsoring free festivities this year. ...more

October 31, 2009

"Captain" Lou Albano, 76, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, died Wednesday in Westchester County, N.Y. ...more

October 16, 2009

Cyclists in the Tampa Bay area have a chance to hit the road with former Tour De France racer Bob Roll on Thursday morning. Anyone able to maintain an 18-mph pace is welcome to join the popular cycling commentator as he departs from Just Ride Bicycles, 13431 Boyette Road, at 10 a.m. ...more

June 3, 2009

Mallory Horne, 84, the only person to serve as Florida's Senate president and House speaker since Reconstruction who later become the target of a federal money-laundering probe, died Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. ...more

May 1, 2009

Thousands of homeowners in Highlands County live along the 210 miles of county maintained, unpaved, shell roads. ...more

March 19, 2009

Two science teachers who have spent the past five years under NASA's tutelage are about to graduate with high-flying honors. ...more

March 9, 2009

Two science teachers who have spent the past five years under NASA's tutelage are about to graduate with high-flying honors. ...more

March 8, 2009

Howard DeLanie has been through all kinds of aches and pains in his 42 years as a business owner. ...more

February 22, 2009

It has been an annual tradition since the mid-1980s at the Homes of Regency Cove to celebrate Gasparilla with an invasion and parade of its own ...more

February 11, 2009

Tampa Bay's most beloved football coach? Surely Tony Dungy would get a lot of votes. But it would be hard to find anybody who goes back to the mid-1980s who wouldn't put Steve Spurrier in the top two. ...more

December 31, 2008