A former Miami teacher was sentenced to 2 years probation and 100 hours of community service for allegedly giving an autistic student soda spiked with hot sauce. ...more

October 8, 2009

The Plant City Garden Club will kick off the fall gardening season Oct. 10 with a new event, GardenFest 2009. ...more

September 23, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies continue to look for two men they say attacked a pizza delivery man late Sunday night by spraying him in the face with a can of aerosol disinfectant and robbing him of sodas and chicken wings. ...more

August 17, 2009

The Rays refrained from audacious predictions on the first day of camp, but Dioner Navarro still might have reached uncharted territory Sunday. ...more

February 16, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Each week for nearly 30 years, Bob Chimento and his college buddies have gathered around tables in a Mount Pleasant home to play the popular version of poker known as Texas Hold 'em, bringing $20 and spending an evening with pizza, sodas and beer. ...more

January 29, 2009

First it was high credit card fees. Then came higher gas prices. Now, hundreds of gas stations around the state are shutting down because their insurance companies will not renew policies unless stations install new double-walled underground gas tanks, which can cost $400,000. ...more

January 24, 2009

The historic Tampa Theatre plans to show the live broadcast of the presidential Inauguration Day ceremony for Barack Obama on the big screen on Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009

The GFWC Tampa Woman's Club is accepting $25 donations for reservation of parking spaces for both the Gasparilla Children's Parade on Jan. 24 and the Gasparilla Day Parade on Feb. 7. ...more

January 14, 2009

People, wake up and smell the coffee! OK, apparently you already did. Which helps explain why Tampa is the nation's most caffeinated city, up from No. 2 last year, according to a report released this morning. Other findings in the second HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey: Tampa residents are the second most likely to drink caffeinated tea daily. ...more

January 13, 2009

The year is nearly over and that means the big citrus is about to fall in Brooksville. ...more

December 29, 2008