Hooper: Time to push the envelope in effort to build Rays stadium in Ybor
The Rays started employing a strategy of using relievers to start games when they sent Sergio Romo to the mound to face the Los Angeles Angels earlier this season. Through criticism and occasional...
View ArticleUSF CyberCamp aims to grow interest in cybersecurity field
YBOR CITY - In the SecureSet Academy's Ybor City office, students in the University of South Florida's cybersecurity summer camp set about trying to pick old-fashioned locks. The students possessed...
View ArticleCounty shelter's new approach helps combat deadly canine parvovirus
TAMPAWhen someone mentions puppies, images of wiggly, bouncy furballs often come to mind. But all too often Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center staff members see vastly contrasting images: puppies...
View ArticleBrandon's Dancer Center holds pre-professional dance program auditions
The Dance Center, 161 E Bloomingdale Ave in Brandon, will offers a pre-professional training program for dancers who are seriously interested in pursuing a professional career in ballet. Admittance...
View ArticleThe Spring readies for paddle event with Tampa Heights kickoff party
The Spring of Tampa Bay will host a kickoff party for its 2nd annual Paddle for Peace fundraiser to take place this September, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (July 25) at Cruis-A-Cade, 2002 Cruis A Cade...
View ArticleCarrollwood Players seeks youth playwrights for KidSpeak 4.0
The Carrollwood Players Theatre seeks boys and girls in third through seventh grade to write original, short 10-minute plays for their program called Kidspeak. Youth playwrights can compete against...
View ArticleWhitman: Religious freedom decisions raises more questions than answers
My family and I recently visited a zoo in the Midwest. Eating in the picnic area, we sat catty-corner to an Amish family. The men and women shared the work of mixing ingredients to make potato salad....
View ArticleSchool district's new high school signals mammoth growth for South County
RUSKIN - An informational meeting held Wednesday in Ruskin to address parental concerns about a new high school will be the first of many in the next two decades as south Hillsborough County growth...
View ArticleTerrapins find new home at Upper Tampa Bay Park
UPPER TAMPA BAY - Terrapins, a turtle that is found from Cape Cod, Mass., to the Gulf Coast, have a new facility where they can rehabilitate and educate.The Turtle Center at Upper Tampa Bay Park opened...
View ArticleCruz to host annual job fair at Higgins Hall
State Rep. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, presents her ninth annual job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Wednesday (July 25) at Higgins Hall, 5225 N Himes Ave. The job fair provides job seekers the opportunity...
View ArticleRays 2020 brings 'road show' to Sun City Center Chamber
SUN CITY CENTER - Business leaders and volunteers determined to help the Rays baseball team find a new stadium home in Ybor City are willing to go to every corner of Tampa Bay to raise awareness and...
View ArticleOpinion: Hillsborough still trails other areas in transportation options,...
Well, I tried. • After more than five years, I was back in Tampa for an extended visit this month. I thought I'd ride a bicycle on Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa's signature street and one I used to avoid...
View ArticleEpilogue: Al Schiff engineered career to put family first
TAMPA - In a lifetime of remarkable accomplishments, executive engineer Alfred "Al" Schiff considered his family life to be the greatest accomplishment of all.A pioneer of the industrial controls...
View ArticleDaniel Ruth: It's all about the children, right? Unless it starts to cost money
It is an article of bad faith that in the public arena, politicians love to crow as to how much they love the children. The children are our future. Everything is for the children. And it is all a huge...
View ArticleErnest Hooper: Seeing through her first work 'One Chance' is giving teen...
One ruby-red, spiral-bound notebook. One vivid imagination.In the hands of a fifth grader, these seem like perfect tools for idle time. And for Sarah Frank, they proved to be just that - a creative...
View ArticleBusinessman looks to bring water polo to the inner city
TAMPA - If you've got a passion to expose more black children to swimming while simultaneously build a competitive water polo team, what do you do?If you're Dez Williams, you host a series of free...
View ArticleGrammy-winner sets the stage for young musicians in Tampa
CARROLLWOOD - Jim Chambers has an extensive background in the music and entertainment industry, working with numerous artists such as Dave Matthews and Maroon 5. In 2009, the three-time Grammy...
View ArticleWestchase Impact Martial Arts grows in new location
Husband and wife Alexey and Rhonda Petrov planned to open just a martial arts studio 12 years ago, but as it became a staple in the Westchase community, their business expanded and evolved."We saw...
View ArticleWhitman: Liturgical Folk to bring blend of folk, scripture to Odessa
Ryan Flanigan, co-founder of the Anglican music project Liturgical Folk, writes songs with two groups of people in mind: the old and the young."When I write or sing in front of a church they are who I...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: It takes many qualities to be a good deputy. Tattoo-free isn't...
I was covering a college football game several years ago, and in trying to make a point that the school in question was located in a tough town I noted that even the cheerleaders had tattoos.A...
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