The Plant City Federated Republican Women's Club won the highest possible ranking at the Republican Women's state convention Oct. 18-19 in Orlando. ...more

October 31, 2007

A construction official convicted of accepting a kickback is asking a judge to let him 'pay for my mistake in a constructive manner' by serving his 18-month federal prison sentence working on an Indian reservation in Georgia. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - A construction official convicted of accepting a kickback is asking a judge to let him "pay for my mistake in a constructive manner" by serving his 18-month federal prison sentence working on an Indian reservation in Georgia. Joel R. Velasco, who accepted a $63,000 kickback as manager of a $20 million project at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center, wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday asking that his sentence be modified to allow him to work on the reservation. ...more

October 30, 2007

Wearing a bikini top to a football game clearly violates the district's Code of Student Conduct, the Manatee County School Board said Monday evening. ...more

October 23, 2007

In the wake of a controversy sparked by two girls who wore bikinis and body paint to a high school football game, the Manatee School Board tonight is expected to discuss making rules regarding body paint at football games. ...more

October 22, 2007

A voter registration program targeting high school seniors netted 308 registrations recently at Armwood and Bloomingdale high schools. ...more

October 3, 2007

A voter registration program targeting high school seniors netted 132 registrations recently at Blake High School. ...more

October 3, 2007

A doctor and former patient fall in love. It's a storybook beginning. What they did next just may surpass it. ...more

September 29, 2007

Gangsters, bloody murders and gruesome trolley accidents are a few of the events Maureen Patrick weaves into haunting stories on her Ybor City walking ghost tour. ...more

September 26, 2007

For many high school seniors, it's not just the beginning of the academic year. It's also the start of college application season, and that means filling out financial aid forms. ...more

September 9, 2007