No more half orange-half maroon sweatshirts, divided loyalties or hurt feelings. College football's most famous family no longer has to sweat the Bowden Bowl. ...more

November 7, 2009

From club events and church picnics to family reunions and pool parties, summer events mean business for restaurants and cafes that offer catering. ...more

March 25, 2009

The year: 1975. The assignment: pen a bicentennial-themed essay on your community. ...more

March 21, 2009

It cannot be described with certainty how Pat Mulieri took the news that she had drawn a serious, well-schooled and demonstrably successful challenger for her presumed bid to return to the county commission in 2010. But the betting here is that it involved brown paper bags. ...more

February 8, 2009

Neil Summers' business practices are remarkably simple, but they have worked for nearly 50 years. ...more

October 16, 2008

Breaking bread is a huge part of any family gathering. But some health advocates hope there will be less bread and more fruits and vegetables served to loved ones. ...more

September 20, 2008

African-American families set aside time at reunions to talk about disease prevention and healthy eating. ...more

September 19, 2008

Longtime local photographer Gladys Jeffcoat has agreed to sell thousands of photos she took and acquired throughout the years to the Plant City Photo Archives. ...more

August 20, 2008

The Confederate flag that flutters 30 feet above one of this city's busiest streets still draws a mix of head shakes and shrugs from South Carolina residents. ...more

July 19, 2008

In 1936, a photograph was taken of my extended family, the Klafehns, in front of our old homestead in Walker, N.Y. We were at our annual reunion. The black-and-white picture shows siblings, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, parents and cousins. I am a little girl age 5, sitting in the first row. ...more

July 13, 2008