Nothing could be more apropos in Florida than mixing classical music with shorts, T-shirts and flip-flops. On Sunday, 65 members of the Florida Orchestra will perform at E.G. Simmons Park, 2401 19th Ave. N.W., from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. It would be a good idea to bring a lawn chair or blanket, and something nonalcoholic to drink while you sit back and relax. ...more

October 8, 2008

This will be music to a lot of ears: Dock Green Silverhawk's annual Native American Flute Gathering is Saturday and Sunday in Pasco County. ...more

October 8, 2008

The event may have been small by some standards, but more than 200 people turned out with their dogs - and a cat - to Summerfield's first pet fair. ...more

October 8, 2008

The event may have been small by some standards, but more than 200 people turned out with their dogs - and a cat - to Summerfield's first pet fair. ...more

October 8, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are inviting fans to join in welcoming the American League East champs home from Detroit tonight. ...more

September 28, 2008

The Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show comes to the Florida State Fairgrounds on Sept. 27-28, with new fishing seminars by some of Florida's top anglers. The show includes hands-on, how-to tables, where experts will offer advice on everything from knot-tying to working a lure to rigging an offshore bait. ...more

September 19, 2008

A murder defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity was denied admission to a Pinellas County mental health treatment facility. ...more

September 18, 2008

Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws that caused so many of them to collapse. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Georgia school district lost its accreditation Thursday, an unusual move blamed in part on what has been called a "dysfunctional" school board. ...more

August 29, 2008

An Army reservist will be reinstated in her former job and paid $2,500 under a lawsuit settlement reached Thursday between the U.S. Department of Justice and Hillsborough County Circuit Court Clerk Pat Frank's office. ...more

August 22, 2008