Seffner Christian senior earns 2018 Florida Strawberry Festival crown
PLANT CITY - Seffner Christian Academy student Ally Elizabeth Burt was crowned queen of the 83rd Florida Strawberry Festival at it's annual Pageant in Plant City on Jan. 20.Burt was selected from a...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: Why pursue execution for Seminole Heights killings?
Should the state of Florida be in the eye-for-an-eye business with convicted murderers?That issue is in the spotlight again after Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren announced he will seek the...
View ArticleHoward Altman: Airman jumps into action after finding boy unconscious in road
The day before Thanksgiving, Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cruz and his wife were leaving MacDill Air Force Base to go to a co-worker's turkey fry in St. Petersburg.But on the drive off-base, the...
View ArticleAlong Bayshore, residents are resigned to join the party at Gasparilla time
ALONG THE BAYSHORE ---For 364 days a year, Bayshore Boulevard residents lay claim to a serene scene edging Hillsborough Bay, happily shared with strollers, joggers and bikers along the 4.5 mile...
View ArticleNew memorial honors crew of Coast Guard cutter Tampa killed in WWI
TAMPA - Nancy Turner talks about U.S. Coast Guard sailors in the mural as if they were old friends.The man in the middle is Wamboldt Sumner. "His family is still here,'' Turner says. The tall man on...
View ArticleJob turnover is zero among homeless employees at Tampa's Portico Cafe
TAMPA - Joseph Richemond spent most of 2016 in jail. When he got out, he spent a few months living on the streets of Tampa. He had come here from Orlando with his sister in 2013, seeking a better life...
View ArticleArtists will float into Gasparilla parade with a smooth jazz vibe
TAMPA - If you're attending the Gasparilla Parade this Saturday, keep an eye : and ear : out for the black, red, and white float whose passengers will be playing live smooth jazz.Yep, you read that...
View ArticleFormer Leto High football star now leads Robert Morris team
TAMPA - Bernard Clark, head football coach."It sounds weird,'' said Clark, 51, with a laugh. "But okay, here I go. It's what I've been working toward. When I was coming up in Tampa? Head football...
View ArticleFirst patron celebrates with a pint at the new Curtis Hixon Four Green Fields
TAMPA - Longtime customer Jim Ganther claims the distinction of being the very first patron to purchase a pint of Guinness at the newest Four Green Fields Irish pub in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park."I...
View ArticleWhitman: Concerts cull members at United Methodist Church of Sun City Center
Every Sunday, more than 1,500 people attend services at the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center.The church, named the fastest growing United Methodist congregation in Florida, welcomes people...
View ArticleProposing a laid-back kumquat alternative to pirate mania
I'm not one opposed to revelry and good times.The rambunctious fun of Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Invasion and Pirate Parade offers an appeal that I totally get. I've stood on Bayshore Boulevard calling...
View ArticleGive to Goodwill and get a discount at the Florida State Fair
TAMPA - Starting today (Jan. 28) each person who donates to Goodwill Industries-Suncoast will get a coupon good for 1 to Goodwill to support job training and employment services.The fair, at 4800 U.S....
View ArticleWilliam March: Dems Mariella Smith, Debra Bellanti draw 100-plus at fundraisers
Two local candidates seeking office for the first time, and backed by a wave of political activism among Democratic women, have held impressive campaign kickoffs.A veteran south Hillsborough community...
View ArticleEditorial: Gasparilla has grown beyond unsavory pirates to enrich Tampa life
Few communities tie their identity to pirates as deeply as Tampa does. Pittsburgh, of course, where they wield Louisville Sluggers in lieu of cutlasses. The whole Caribbean, thanks to Disney and Johnny...
View ArticleHockey's appeal to women is subject of talk during NHL weekend in Tampa
TAMPA - More than 100 women and a few men gathered Thursday night at the Tampa Bay History Center to celebrate the sport of hockey and the growing importance of women in the workplace and sports...
View ArticleFreeze gives Corbett Prep students hard lessons in business of raising fish
CARROLLWOOD - Students got a dose of business-plan reality when the rains and freezes of early January hit the Aquaponics Club at Corbett Preparatory School.The foul weather delayed their schedule for...
View ArticlePsychological, social services expand with move to JCC in South Tampa
TAMPA - Affordable testing and counseling services are now easier to access for thousands of families in South Tampa and eastern Hillsborough County who are struggling to help children, adolescents,...
View ArticleSunday Conversation: Federal prosecutor Stacie Cox Harris battles against...
Stacie Cox Harris was born into public service. The Tallahassee native's mother is a longtime state employee who worked in both the departments of Labor and Juvenile Justice, while her father worked at...
View ArticleHooper: It's possible to protect gun rights while protecting against mass...
Columbine. Blacksburg. Newtown. Charleston. San Bernadino. Orlando. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs.Whether it's the 1999 massacre at a Colorado high school, the 2007 murders on the Virginia Tech campus...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: Deporting fathers isn't about Trump, it's about us as a country
I have a question for the biggest supporters of what has been called immigration reform, and it is simply this:Is the story of Luis Blanco that has played out this week what you had in mind?You really...
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