Big hair, splashy colored costumes and Bee Gees music ruled the Circle Thursday night during the last semifinal round of Heartland Idol. ...more

November 1, 2008

There won't be any blazin' butts in Brooksville this year. The third annual Blazin' Butts-n-Brisket Barbecue contest, slated for Oct. 18 in Tom Varn Park, has been canceled due to a lack of contestants, Brooksville Parks and Recreation Director Mike Walker said Wednesday. ...more

October 9, 2008

Fifty-four-year-old Katherine Maloney, out of work since May and fresh from a trip to the pawnshop last night to get cash to feed her dogs, took her plight to the street this morning. At the break of dawn, she stood at the corner of Humphrey Street and North Dale Mabry Highway and handed out 100 resumes. Her face-to-face style may have paid off. About an hour after she started, she had gotten three bites. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa's own Susan Rodnite, and pal Daisy, recently won the grand prize for funniest pet card in Hallmark Cards' recent YourPets contest. ...more

September 25, 2008

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the PGA Tour is taking a week off in the middle of the season. ...more

September 11, 2008

Those infamous 17 Massachusetts high school girls who may or may not have intentionally made a pregnancy pact might have changed their minds if they had seen "The Baby Borrowers." ...more

June 25, 2008

A project to add a bit of beauty in front of two fire department buildings on Lutz-Lake Fern Road has yielded a national honor for the Little Women of Lutz club. ...more

June 8, 2008

Four students earned prize money in the Rotary Club's speech competition April 29 at the Rotary Club of Brandon meeting at Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association. ...more

June 7, 2008

A project to add a bit of beauty in front of two fire department buildings on Lutz-Lake Fern Road has yielded a national honor for the Little Women of Lutz club. ...more

June 4, 2008

The famed par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, with its signature island green, has been called gimmicky (Tiger Woods), been compared to having a root canal (Mark Calcavecchia) and been described as a hole that sooner or later is going to get you (Jack Nicklaus). ...more

May 5, 2008