Volunteer need continues to grow in Sun City Center, SouthShore area
Sun City Center has thrived for nearly 60 years on a culture nurtured on the philosophy of "Neighbor Helping Neighbor."Volunteers keyed all of the benefits and free services available to residents such...
View ArticleTampa Repertory Theatre finale is Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge
TAMPA - Tampa Repertory Theatre concludes its seventh season with Arthur Miller's blistering drama, A View from the Bridge, which continues its run on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through...
View ArticlePhoto museum celebrates 'A Night In Wakanda'
Relive the pop culture phenomenon of the Black Panther movie this Saturday (June 9) from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with Sankofa Productions' "A Night in Wakanda" at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts,...
View ArticleWhite soldiers used black child for target practice during grim chapter in...
TAMPA - The African-American military troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers stopped in Tampa 120 years ago while on their way to help free Cuba from the rule of an oppressive Spain.But their time spent...
View ArticleDaniel Ruth: When is a service dog not a service dog? It's getting hard to say
Maybe what all the hub-bub goes to prove is that one person's service animal is merely another's little sweetums, cuddly boo-boo dog. And stop drinking out of the toilet! Now!It was certainly a lovely,...
View ArticleDick Corbett of Tampa, witness to RFK assassination, still feels the loss...
TAMPA - Dick Corbett became a Tampa developer best known for the International Mall, but in the 1960s, he was a hotshot kid from Rochester, N.Y., with a firsthand view as tragedy befell the Kennedy...
View ArticleErnest Hooper: You don't overcome racism by burying history, as some would do
To know where you're going, you have to know where you've been.Don't believe me? Remove your rear-view and side-view mirrors and try driving. It's not impossible to navigate the road without those...
View ArticleSchool is out but lunch is still served for low-income kids at 63...
SEFFNER - Volunteers lined tables and chairs at the Mango Recreation Center gym to prepare for the onslaught of pint-sized children and older kids lanky from growth spurts. Usually, 130 show up -...
View ArticleWater safety remains a priority for entities across Hillsborough County
Summertime is here, which calls for vacations, fun in the sun, and much time spent at beaches and pools.But not at the expense of a child's safety.According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleDowntown Tampa's Portico celebrates one-year anniversary
A year ago, Hyde Park United Methodist Church opened a gathering place in the heart of downtown Tampa.A sculpture depicting Jesus as homeless and sleeping on a park bench sits outside its entry...
View ArticleBurn Rubber, FILA team to issue "Ybor City" athletic shoe
Local sneaker boutique Burn Rubber will release "Ybor's Own" edition sneaker this Saturday at noon at 1517 E 7th Ave, Suite B. The "Ybor's Own" sneaker is the product of Burn Rubber's collaboration...
View ArticleLutz Guv'na race highlights community's spirit of giving
LUTZ - Fundraising is in full swing in Lutz with three candidates trying to buy their way into the honorary title of Guv'na of Lutz.The candidates are Domenic DiFante, Jessica Sherman and Kandy...
View ArticleFor 37 years, she styled hair, friendships and memories in Seffner
SEFFNER - Handwritten messages inscribed on the brown butcher paper poster hanging inside Donna's Hair Styles salon told the story like a 1980s movie script. One customer wrote "thanks for always...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: Look beyond actions of Scot Peterson for school-shootings...
Some parents of students murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have made their feelings clear about former deputy Scot Peterson's recent public attempts to explain why he didn't take direct...
View ArticleQuality foods features vegan, artisan offerings to Tampa
Though Quality Foods Gourmet Market doesn't celebrate their grand opening until Saturday (June 9), owners Christopher and Emily Houp have already had customers drive from as far away as Orlando.That's...
View ArticleBeef's solidifies Ed Radice connection at Gunn Highway site
For 10 years, Beef 'O'Brady's Citrus Park has been an integral part of the community and a welcoming place for friends and families to gather. It's close proximity to Ed Radice Sports Complex has made...
View ArticleColumbia Restaurant hosts annual Father's Day Family Walk
TAMPA HEIGHTS - This Father's Day (June 17) at 8 a.m., Columbia Restaurant will host its fifth annual Richard's Father's Day Family Walk/Jog to fight against prostate cancer on the Tampa Riverwalk...
View ArticleAmy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly Wrap-Up of the Tampa Social Scene
Wishmaker's BallIf rocking out to Joan Jett &-the Blackhearts was their wish, guests at the Wishmaker's Ball must have been beyond thrilled. The Rock-&-Roll Hall of Famers made the May 12 gala...
View ArticleHoward Altman: Calls to veterans hotline jump after program expands statewide
During the first three months of its expanded, statewide hotline for veterans, the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay estimates about 2,000 former service members called in seeking help because they were...
View ArticleSunday Conversation: Charly Lockwood leads the USF College of Medicine's...
On his best days, Charly Lockwood will do a little bit of everything. • The dean of the University of South Florida's Morsani College of Medicine might spend the morning doing research in the lab,...
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