A 105-year tradition returns to the Florida State Fairgrounds today when the annual state fair opens its gates to thousands of longtime fans and more than a few newcomers in search of thrill rides, livestock exhibits, down-home fair fare and headline entertainment. Here is some information to help you plan your visit: ...more

February 5, 2009

The man who has guided the University of South Florida Bulls football team to national prominence in the past 12 years will be the guest speaker Thursday at a fundraising luncheon for local Boy Scouts. ...more

February 16, 2008

PLANT CITY - The man who has guided the University of South Florida Bulls football team to national prominence during the past 12 years will be the guest speaker Feb. 21 at a fundraising luncheon for local Boy Scouts. ...more

February 14, 2008

Deputies Deserve Raise Regarding 'Sheriff Should Hold Line On Raises' (Our Opinion, Oct. 10): ...more

October 18, 2007

SEBRING — Not everyone is surprised by the meteoric success of the University of South Florida Bulls football team, ranked second nationally in the AP poll that came out Sunday. Longtime Highlands County Bulls fans are cheering all the way, hopefully to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. They remember the modest beginnings, cheering the team from bleacher seats at the "Big Sombrero" during the team's inaugural 1997 season, when less than 30,000 fans typically attended home games. As an upstart member of the Big East Conference, USF now sells out games at the 65,657 seat state-of-the-art Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ...more

October 16, 2007

The University of South Florida Bulls football team isn't just beating odds and opponents - it's beating profit projections for home games. ...more

October 16, 2007

TAMPA - Die-hard college football fans across the nation probably couldn't point to Tampa on a map even if they had, well, a map. But all that is changing, what with the upstart University of South Florida Bulls football team making its splash on the national landscape. ...more

October 15, 2007

TAMPA - They came from all walks of life: an electrician from Princeton, W.Va., students at the University of Tampa and University of South Florida. Another worked in the Home Shopping Network showroom in Clearwater, and there was a stay-at-home dad from Newberry. All found themselves in the stands at Raymond James Stadium on Friday night to watch the University of South Florida Bulls football team soundly defeat the fifth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers. ...more

October 3, 2007