Here's who has qualified this week to run for elected office. Circuit court and school board offices are up for election during the August primaries, with runoffs, if necessary, during the general election. Names are as they appear at the state Division of Elections or county Supervisor of Elections. ...more

June 21, 2008

Have Speaker Nancy Pelosi's strategists in Washington picked John Dicks as the candidate they want to face off against freshman GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis this fall? ...more

June 20, 2008

These candidates have qualified by Friday's deadline to run for the Tampa Bay area's five congressional seats, according to the state Division of Elections. ...more

May 3, 2008

The chamber of commerce chairman's gavel passed to Paul Hackney of Sunshine State Federal Savings and Loan Association in a ceremony that included a celebration of the organization's accomplishments of 2007. ...more

February 2, 2008

PLANT CITY - Retired lawyer and community leader Bob Edwards will be honored next month at a fundraising luncheon sponsored by the Gulf Ridge Council's Timucua District of The Boy Scouts of America. ...more

January 28, 2008

PLANT CITY - Paul Hackney of Sunshine State Federal Savings and Loan Association formally took the reins of the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce in a ceremony that included celebration of the organization's accomplishments of 2007. ...more

January 25, 2008

Widows of military veterans heard U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was coming to town, so they made their presence known. ...more

January 23, 2008

Los demócratas se están preparando para tratar de desbancar en el otoño próximo al representante Gus Bilirakis, un republicano que también es un novato en el Congreso. Entre ellos hay una hispana, Anita de Palma, ex directora de la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC) en la Florida. ...more

January 7, 2008

Democrats are lining up for the chance to unseat freshman GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis next fall. ...more

January 6, 2008

After more than a year of setbacks that saw a proposed monument for war veterans lose its preferred location and then its high-profile artist, a committee dedicated to the project said it will again gain momentum in 2008. ...more

December 26, 2007