The Gasparilla Distance Classic Association and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA distributed hundreds of pairs of free Nike running shoes to young people participating in the 2009 Let Me Play Kids Running Program. Included in the distributions were the children at Rampello Downtown Partnership who received their shoes Feb. 13. ...more

March 4, 2009

PLANT CITY The owners of Espress Yourself Coffee 101 have written an open letter thanking the customers who patronized their now closed downtown shop. ...more

February 26, 2009

A community group pressed its case last week for the Tampa Sports Authority to complete negotiations with area residents and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, which has a city contract to operate a youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

February 25, 2009

On Monday I was so upset that I lost my keys to my car and home. I searched everywhere for them. I was very uncomfortable that the keys would get into the wrong hands. On Thursday, I talked to Sue Beson, the Tai Chi instructor at the YMCA, and told her I may join the YMCA again as I love Tai Chi. My membership at the YMCA had expired last year. ...more

February 23, 2009

Noah Moss, 3, contemplates his little planter of flowers during a Little Explorers program. ...more

February 13, 2009

No one was injured but two dogs died in a house fire Monday afternoon near the YMCA of Highlands County in Sebring. One dog survived. ...more

February 3, 2009

Details remain to be worked out, but the Tampa Sports Authority moved closer today to resolving concerns a neighborhood group has with a proposed youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

January 26, 2009

hedge fund manager Arthur G. Nadel owed a $50 million payout to some of the investors who had entrusted their life savings to him. ...more

January 19, 2009

Both the Saint Leo men's and women's basketball teams were unable to rebound in Sunshine State Conference play against Tampa on Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2009

Marina Smith is on the move, and her mother Rebecca has the energy to keep up. ...more

January 17, 2009