Amy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly Wrap-Up of the Tampa Social Scene
Outback Bowl Gridiron GalaVisiting Wolverine and Gamecock football fans, locals and Outback Bowl sponsors cheered for the real winner: Tampa Bay, scene of a full week of fun events, including the...
View ArticleTampa man flying high with drone podcast
Recorded in Tampa by city planner Randy Goers, the podcast "Drone Radio Show" has become a leading source of information for those who use unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, for commercial...
View Article'Florida Soul' author delivers special presentation at UT
Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band author John Capouya will read from his new book at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 9) at The University of Tampa's board of trustees room on the...
View ArticleHillsborough Publix employees connect with customers in a 'special' way
Publix employees Todd Pendleton, Collin Barnett and Davion Sheppard lend credence to the reason the supermarket chain was rated the No. 1 fan-favorite among America's grocers in a 2017 online Market...
View ArticleIn grief, Valrico woman uses restitution money to help the homeless
VALRICO - Brandyn Preston was fighting for life in an Iowa hospital when his mother noticed something unusual.The 19-year-old's heart stopped beating several times and doctors had to revive him, but...
View ArticleLowry Park Zoo opens year with special discounts
TAMPA - Lowry Park Zoo, 1101 W Sligh Ave, has started the new year with a series of new offers for guests.The three new offers - entitled Armed Forces Salute, First Responders Salute and Florida...
View ArticleSunday Conversation: Dr. Sam Martino's career spans country doctor to...
After 42 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Sam Martino celebrated his last day in the office on Dec. 21. The good doctor and his staff members welcomed former patients and well-wishers who came by the...
View ArticleDaniel Ruth: It wasn't a bobcat in that apartment after all, but who'd be...
C'mon now, admit it. When you first heard the story of a contractor claiming he had been mauled by a, ahem, bobcat in the Skypoint condominium in the middle of downtown Tampa, you might well have...
View ArticleNew $2.5 million Town 'N Country Boys-&-Girls Club dedicated to help new...
TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Hassan Lewis was 11 years old when his family moved from Jersey City, N.J., to Tampa."I heard that the area we moved to had too much violence and too many distractions that would keep...
View ArticleOperators of South Tampa pet center where two dogs died take over business again
TAMPA - A dog day-care and boarding center where two pets died from heat exhaustion in July has been taken back over by its original owners after another operator pulled out last week.Lucky Dog at 1116...
View ArticleRebellious Jesuit John Kaack, who forged lifelong relationships with...
TAMPA - John Kaack was known to curse in public and enjoy a beer.At sporting events, when calls didn't go his team's way, his was among the loudest voices in the crowd, often with harsh words for the...
View ArticleLocal man looks to develop high school mountain bike league
LITHIAAChristmas present to his wife changed his life.The gift was a mountain bike and the change soon followed in 2011 when Ernie Reyes followed his wife, Zulema, on her new gift into the 21 miles of...
View ArticleAmy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly Wrap-Up of the Tampa Social Scene
Twenty Eighteen CountdownCould Extra television tabloid host Mario Lopez, a.k.a. Slater on the NBC sitcom, Saved by the Bell, become Tampa's own "Dick Clark?" The star chatted with hundreds of fans and...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: For Judge Cathy, hall of justice is also a hall of sports
I don't know what your image of a federal judge might be, but chances are it wouldn't capture Catherine Peek McEwen.When she isn't presiding over cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Middle...
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They came to Temple B'Nai Israel on Sunday, drawn by a beacon one woman casts as an environmental warrior. Bonded by a quest for the truth, Cheryl Jozsa and Emerald Cromwell were among the 800 who...
View ArticleHillsborough Republicans off to a rocky start in 2018
The Hillsborough County Republican Party is having a shaky start to election year 2018. Chairman Deborah Tamargo has been ousted over a seemingly petty squabble that reflects the long-standing division...
View ArticleMint Condition member headlines Heritage fest
Stokley Williams is the Grammy-nominated session musician who's backed up some of the best in the business, including Elton John and Toni Braxton.For more than 30 years he's played frontman for the...
View ArticleC.A.T.E. formed to battle opioid epidemic
APOLLO BEACH - On the afternoon of Oct. 13, 2016, Bobby Iafelice dropped by his mother's Apollo Beach house to pick up furniture for the apartment he had just moved into with his new girlfriend.Both...
View ArticleGibtown Bike Fest expects to draw thousands with music acts, entertainment
GIBSONTON - Tens of thousands are expected to flock to the Gibtown Bike Fest this weekend at the International Independent Showmen's Association, 6915 Riverview Drive.The festival kicked off at 7 p.m....
View ArticleTemple Terrace to celebrate Arbor Day on Jan. 20
TEMPLE TERRACE - When the spreading live oak in Woodmont Park first appeared, the country itself had just sprouted. If the estimation of the tree's age is accurate, it was there when George Washington...
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