Developers will have another chance to offer plans to preserve and make use of the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. ...more

March 6, 2009

For the past three years, the final week of the regular season marked the end of another University of South Florida basketball season. No postseason plans, just playing out the string. ...more

March 2, 2009

After an atypical first half in Saturday's Class 2A-Region 3 final at the Community School of Naples, the Tampa Prep boys basketball team finally started looking like itself. ...more

February 28, 2009

Avon Park seniors James Bland and Jace Grimmett became the school's first-ever state wrestling champions on Saturday night and the fourth-year program finished in fourth place at the Class 1A state wrestling meet at Lakeland Center. ...more

February 22, 2009

An area church is offering a helping hand in tough economic times. Springhead Baptist Church in Plant City is offering discount groceries through Angel Food Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational organization providing "grocery relief" to communities in 35 states. People have been coming from as far away as Zephyrhills. ...more

February 22, 2009

The Hillsborough County high school football schedule is released. ...more

February 20, 2009

The 2008-09 wrestling season appeared on the surface like a typical one for the Brandon High Eagles. They spent the season rolling over the competition, much the way they have done the past two-plus decades under longtime coach Russ Cozart. ...more

February 19, 2009

TAMPA Dorothy Ford volunteered occasionally at Graham Elementary where her nieces and nephews attended. But she wanted to do more. "I was sitting at home getting fat, and I thought it was about time I got to doing something," said Ford, 68, who is retired. Through another volunteer at the school Ford learned of the foster grandparent program. It modestly reimburses volunteers, ranging in age from 60 to 93, who spend at least 20 hours a week helping in school classrooms, Head Start programs and shelters such as The Spring and Child Abuse Council. "It gives them the financial ability to volunteer," said Nancy McWilliams, Director of Community Relations for Seniors in Service Tampa Bay, which sponsors the program. ...more

February 18, 2009

Have You Returned To Work? In the past two years, while the stock market has dipped from 14,000 to 8,000, seniors lost 40 to 50 percent of their savings. ...more

February 18, 2009

After battling into overtime earlier in the week, the Sebring boys soccer team couldn't help but feel confident about facing another bit of extra play on Wednesday against Palmetto in the Class 4A-District 10 semifinal at Harllee Stadium. ...more

January 30, 2009