Black fraternity's Tampa chapter celebrates 90th anniversary
TAMPA - As a young man growing up in the 1960s in Tampa, Les Miller was convinced the path to success and achievement was paved in crimson and cream, the colors of the historically black fraternity...
View ArticleTemple Terrace to spend $190,000 upgrading Riverhills Park boardwalk
TEMPLE TERRACE - Riverhills Park offers a gorgeous view of the Hillsborough River, but it's risky to take your eyes off your feet while strolling along.You could trip on a bent board or step in a...
View ArticleLatest transformation in UT building frenzy will deliver a new Riverside Center
TAMPA - In her nearly 40 years at the University of Tampa, Linda Devine has seen plenty of buildings eventually outgrow their usefulness.There was 10-story Delo Hall, whose elevators quit working and...
View ArticleEditor of a current bestseller by Zora Neale Hurston gives a free talk Sunday
Deborah Plant, former chairwoman of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida and editor of the current New York Times bestseller, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale...
View ArticleDaniel Ruth: Florida should consider taking back its outsourced foster care...
We hear a great deal about how government is the source of all evil, a wasteful, incompetent coven of lazy paper-pushing bureaucrats.That is why the heavens open and the angels sing and all is right...
View ArticleRaburn out in State House 57 race. Now who's in?
Well, that didn't last long.U.S. Army veteran Michael Sean McCoy filed to run as the Republican candidate in the State House, District 57 race just hours after incumbent State Rep. Jake Raburn,...
View ArticleHoward Altman: Long fight for benefits pays off for St. Petersburg veteran...
Peter Nolan, a combat-wounded Marine veteran from St. Petersburg, was reading a Navy memo last week about his ongoing battle for benefits and his eyes filled with tears.The five-page memo concluded...
View ArticleMoffitt receives $1 million donation from Richard Gonzmart
TAMPA - Runners gathered for the Gonzmart's Father's Day Walk and Jog where they raise money to help aid in Moffitt Cancer Center's fight against prostate cancer. This year the event raised $110,000,...
View ArticleWhite soldiers used black child for target practice during grim chapter in...
TAMPAhe 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 in...
View ArticleGrain and Berry Cafe to bring its healthy menu to USF area
Grain-&-Berry Cafe opened in Palm Harbor, and now the healthy eatery is rapidly expanding throughout the Tampa Bay area.The healthy eatery opened a new location on E Fowler Ave near the University...
View ArticleTaylor Morrison builds in Wesley Chapel
Taylor Morrison will build a new subdivision off of Boyette Road between Wesley Chapel Boulevard and Overpass Road.The builder and developer recently broke ground on Chapel Chase, set on approximately...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: Hillsborough teachers have come to depend on foundation's free...
We have all heard stories about public school teachers reaching into their own pockets so their students will have basic classroom supplies.It goes on throughout the system because budgets are tight....
View ArticleNew Tampa continues plans for sensory-friendly park
NEW TAMPA - The City of Tampa continues to gather citizen input on one of its newest projects in New Tampa, a sensory friendly 5-acre park.As the first of its kind in the city, the park aims to...
View ArticleHigh-profile suicides elevate mental health questions about faith, science
The recent suicides of designer Kate Spade and journalist Anthony Bourdain stirred an internet conversation about the indiscriminate nature of depression.What did he have to feel depressed about...
View ArticlePurks: Brandon bids adieu to a once grand Kmart
BRANDON - I had it in my mind what the new department store in Brandon would be like: Happy, pretty people skipping around, giving you bargains galore. What a happy place it seemed to be, because after...
View ArticleEditorial: State help needed to staff hotlines with veterans helping veterans
Veterans can help veterans deal with trauma resulting from military service in a way no one else can. That's the theory behind a special hotline set up in the Tampa Bay area that proponents are hoping...
View ArticleCoalition of Black Women ready for annual 'Gourmet Gents' event
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Tampa Bay Chapter will present its 26th annual Gourmet Gents premier scholarship fundraiser from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Higgins Hall, 5225 N Himes Ave....
View ArticleHooper: Tampa couple continues quest to 'Save the Typewriters'
In a sense, Tona Bell and her husband Randy Rosenthal are striving to save an endangered species.Creation has ceased. Existence wanes. The experts needed to sustain their place in our society are dying...
View Article'World's Largest Swim Lesson' continues water safety effort
The World's Largest Swimming Lesson, a worldwide event, took place on Thursday (June 21) at hundreds of locations across the country, including the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center.The event aimed to...
View ArticleUSF student, veteran and reservist wins a Pat Tillman Scholarship
TAMPA - The Pat Tillman Foundation has named Stephanie Bauman, a University of South Florida student and member of the U.S. Army Reserve, a 2018 Tillman Military Scholar.Bauman is one of 60 military...
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