Obamahood: Take From Rich, Give To Poor Welfare, corruption, deceit and fraud: The presidential election of 2008! ...more

October 19, 2008

A local computer businessman has donated a slew of copies of a local author's books to an international nonprofit organization. ...more

August 21, 2008

WHO'S HOT Carl Edwards has won half of the eight races run this year on 11/2- and 2-mile tracks, a show of championship strength given that half of the 10 Chase races are run on intermediate tracks. Two of Edwards' five Sprint Cup victories have come in the past three races. ...more

August 20, 2008

National Half Price Mattress and Furniture Store's 16-year run on East Busch Boulevard is drawing to a close. ...more

August 20, 2008

Allen Ames, outgoing president of the Rotary Club of New Tampa Noon, recently installed the club's officers for 2008-09. ...more

July 12, 2008

A $13.6 million expansion of Hillsborough County's waste-to-energy plant will go forward despite opposition from a county commissioner who said the contract is flawed. ...more

February 6, 2008

The first thing you notice is how tiny they are: Row upon row of babies, some no older than this day, hooked to grotesque jumbles of tubes. Press your palm against the incubator wall and the infant inside disappears from view. ...more

November 11, 2007

SEBRING – When talking to Bruce Lybarger, one has to wonder whether there is a corollary between the wheel symbol for Rotary Clubs and those on race cars. He's a fanatic about both. Since 1982, Rotarian Bruce Lybarger has been a C.P.A. in downtown Sebring. He enjoys golf as a social outlet, but prefers watching auto races. He attends the biggies, like the Indy 500 and the 24 Hours of LeMans in France, but his personal favorite is the Twelve Hours of Sebring."I can't put a price on it," he said. "It's an international event encased with a local flair. It's a bonus of living here." Rotary International is the largest civic organization in the world with 1.3 million members. Their motto is "Service Above Self" and "He Profits Most Who Serves Best." ...more

October 22, 2007