Seffner's Skyler Clark to 'bring country to city' at Franklin Manor
Most teens find sun-soaked days and fun-filled nights on Clearwater Beach.Seffner's Skyler Clark found a music career.Clark blossomed as an athlete on the youth sports fields in Antioch in East...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: Schools have catching up to do on revelations about lead in...
At the Hillsborough school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Jeff Eakins unloaded on the Tampa Bay Times.The normally affable Eakins was steaming about the Times report that the district knew some...
View ArticleLife skills, love shared at GiGi's
TAMPA - Learning, life skills and love are offered unconditionally at GiGi's Playhouse Tampa, a Down syndrome achievement center opening Saturday.Specially-designed therapeutic, educational and career...
View ArticleCorbett Prep marks 50th year with compassionate stories, family love
TAMPA - Sammi Borosh sat Tuesday afternoon in one of those tiny chairs for kindergartners and looked across the table at four of her former teachers - and her eyes misted.Borosh said she loved those...
View ArticleTECO prepares to open solar farm in Balm
BALM - Tampa Electric will open one of four new solar projects planned for Hillsborough County next month, with a goal of generating enough electricity for 12,000 homes in the area.TECO constructed its...
View ArticleBank of America student leaders enjoy impactful summer
TAMPADe'Naysha Mullings, 18, has not attended her first class at Florida A&M University, yet she's already making a name for herself on campus.Mullings recently launched her campaign for freshman...
View ArticleCouncil delays considering new redevelopment proposals
TEMPLE TERRACE - Temple Terrace's real estate consultant this week presented proposals from two companies to buy run-down properties in the city's downtown redevelopment area, but the council voted to...
View ArticleFinney's Tiger-Rock Martial Arts moves to larger space
TAMPA - For 13 years, Finney's Tiger-Rock Martial Arts co-owners Troy and Nikki Finney have provided more than just Taekwondo instruction for their students. The husband and wife duo have created a...
View ArticleGander Outdoors rebounds under new ownership
The Gander sign is back up at Bayport Commons on W Hillsborough Ave. The 30,000 square foot space that once housed Gander Mountain has now reopened as Gander Outdoors.Marucus Lemonis, star of CNBC's...
View ArticleTemple Terrace voters will decide whether they want to change government
TEMPLE TERRACE - This city's voters will decide Nov. 6 whether they want to change the basic structure of their government, or leave it as it is.The first of three referendum questions on a proposed...
View ArticleDo animals find a place in heaven? Yes, say some theologians
My 5-year-old asks a lot of questions. Sometimes the answers come easy.Other times, I need Google."Did the dinosaurs go to heaven?" falls into the latter category.I told him, "I think they did."Then...
View ArticleEditorial: Hillsborough has a place among growing number of governments suing...
Local governments across the land can find plenty of reasons to go after the drug industry over the crisis of opioid addiction.Hillsborough County can find more reasons than most.• In 2016, the county...
View ArticleHoward Altman: Afghan journalist struggles to work among hazards of his...
From afar, Afghan journalist Massood Sanjer has been watching horrors unfolding in his homeland with great concern.During his time here in the United States as part of a State Department-sponsored...
View ArticleTampa Bay sports teams join forces to assist Times correspondent Joey Johnston
The Tampa Bay Sports Commission along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lightning, Rays, Rowdies and University of South Florida have teamed up to host a two week, community wide Team Tampa Bay for Joey J...
View ArticleSouth Tampa's Village Inn features a family affair
How Emma Walker spent her summer vacation:Visited Chicago.Gymnastics.Went to the beach.And, by taking a summer job as a hostess at the Village Inn at 215 N Dale Mabry Highway, carried on a decades-long...
View ArticleTampa Bay History Center to launch environmental exhibit
The Tampa Bay History center and Audubon Florida's Coastal Islands Sanctuaries team up to present a new exhibit "A History of Conservation: A Bird's Eye View.It opens Aug. 25 and runs through Feb. 10...
View ArticleSunday Conversation: USF's Joann Farrell Quinn keeps an eye on EI
As early as the age of 5, Joann Farrell Quinn observed people. • She just enjoyed watching them. Those days represented the infant stages of her interest in human behavior, but as an adult, she ended...
View ArticleCandidates bring varied backgrounds to contentious District 61 House race
TAMPA - One-hundred and one.According to the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections website, that's the number of votes that stood between community activist Dianne Hart and Rep. Sean Shaw in 2016...
View ArticleNew Vinik Boys and Girls Club rises from ashes in Palm River/Clair-Mel
TAMPA - A new Boys and Girls Club opened Tuesday, in time for the first days of the school year and the estimated 200 students now pouring in each day for after-school fun and education.The dedication...
View ArticleDavis Islands woman, surprised by 100 cocoons, now working to save the monarchs
TAMPA - It was all by accident.Donna Christian planted some scarlet milkweed in the backyard of her Davis Islands home last month to attract a few butterflies. Gardening was a hobby she had just taken...
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