Will residents in northern Hillsborough County ever see the day they can park their cars and hop a train to downtown Tampa? Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hopes so. ...more

July 30, 2008

The Kiwanis clubs of Brandon and Sun City Center kicked off their first "Stuff the Bus" campaigns by delivering boxes to area businesses for the collection of school supplies. ...more

July 28, 2008

As officials at the Hernando County School District praise the pilot "four-day week" program initiated by Superintendent Wayne Alexander that is saving an estimated $79,000 in energy costs this summer, others are questioning it. ...more

July 24, 2008

Twenty-two athletes from the Tennis for Fun program competed March 15 in the regional Special Olympics at the University of South Florida. ...more

June 18, 2008

The Kiwanis Club of Sun City Center recently hosted an awards luncheon to present six college scholarships to local students. The recipients were: ...more

June 14, 2008

When it came to picking this year's recipient of the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, Steven Saunders said the choice was obvious. ...more

June 4, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Factors such as tight budgets, dwindling sponsorships from struggling businesses and rising fireworks prices are prompting some Florida cities to forgo traditional Fourth of July fireworks displays this year. That list includes cities such as Tarpon Springs and Plant City. ...more

May 31, 2008

The Kiwanis Club of Tampa presented 13 Hillsborough County students with scholarships at its annual Arthur Henderson Memorial Scholarship Awards and the 11th annual Pete Gilmore Memorial Scholarship event April 23. The club awarded a total of $26,000 to students from Leto, Durant, East Bay, Jefferson, King, Blake, Chamberlain and Armwood high schools, and Simmons Career Center. ...more

May 24, 2008

Recreation Chinsegut Nature Center will present an indoor PowerPoint program titled "Florida's Hummingbirds" by Bev Hansen from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Nature Center located at 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. The public is welcome. For more information, call Chinsegut at 352-754-6722 or visit its Web site at MyFWC.com/Chinsegut. ...more

May 6, 2008

AVON PARK –– Putting a team together for a scramble golf tournament is something of a science in itself. A combination of a long hitter, solid iron play and a good putter usually provides for a competitive foursome. That's what the talented team of James Lizotte, Pete DuPriest, Jerome Bovve and Phil Simonson had, as they finished with a 57 to win the Championship Flight in Saturday's Sebring Noon Kiwanis Club's 24th annual Kiwanis Charities Golf Classic at Highlands Ridge North. The popular tournament attracted a field of 108 golfers who participated in a four-person scramble format. Placing a close second with a 58 was the group of Pete Coughlin, Sandy Foster, Charlie Little and Marty Roepstorff. ...more

May 4, 2008