Despite the weakened economy, GS Development is taking a chance on South Shore. Based in Tifton, Ga., the company is opening a six-story, 119-room Hilton Garden Inn today at 4130 Crescent Park Drive. ...more

January 15, 2009

Families from the South Shore and Brandon areas will join more than 1,000 other participants for a re-enactment of pre-1840 American life at the 38{+t}{+h} Alafia River Rendezvous today toJan. 24 at the Florida Frontiermen's Homeland site, south of Bartow at the end of Azalea Street. ...more

January 14, 2009

A team of volunteer therapists is taking over the care of an 18-year-old woman who survived being raped and beaten nearly to death at the Bloomingdale Regional Library last April. ...more

January 10, 2009

Having completed their inaugural season last month, the South Shore Longhorns have their eye on the future. ...more

January 7, 2009

In February, Ministerios La Red will celebrate its third year in the area. ...more

January 7, 2009

December was as unseasonably warm as November was cold. Water temperatures at the end of the year were in the high 60s, and that made for some very good fishing on the flats off South Shore. ...more

January 7, 2009

A stretch of unseasonably warm weather turned the bite on for South Shore anglers the past few weeks. ...more

December 31, 2008

For parents looking to get their kids away from their video games and more involved in sports, there's a new game in town. ...more

December 31, 2008

For parents looking to get their kids away from their video games and more involved in sports, there's a new game in town. ...more

December 31, 2008

Early December fishing in the South Shore waters of Tampa Bay has been more productive than in the month of November. It has been unseasonably cold for late fall fishing, and then we got a sudden reprieve of light winds and moderate temperatures. ...more

December 17, 2008