A new locally produced children's television show is looking for kids to be in the audience Saturday morning at Great Explorations, the Children's Museum in St. Petersburg. ...more

October 2, 2008

The nonprofit organization that runs Lowry Park Zoo is at odds with Mayor Pam Iorio over the attraction's oversight and ownership of the zoo animals. ...more

September 17, 2008

The nonprofit organization that runs Lowry Park Zoo is at odds with Mayor Pam Iorio over the attraction's oversight and ownership of the zoo animals. The mayor's staff met with zoo officials today for the first time since Iorio's letter last week demanding more accountability and that it sever all ties with Safari Wild, a private exotic-animal park owned by zoo president Lex Salisbury. ...more

September 16, 2008

Dawn Firestine patiently waited as cameras clicked, hairdressers teased and a tailor stitched. A few feet away stood a photo set with a seamless white background, plastic props, including a silver globe, and a couple of sparkling vases filled with red delicious and green Granny Smith apples. She and two other Hillsborough County teachers, Katie Bullock of Lowry Elementary and Catherine Davis from Shaw Elementary, were nominated by peers, students, family and parents for the special pampering. ...more

September 8, 2008

The outside walls of Miami Jai-Alai are cracked. The paint is chipped and faded. The entrance to the world's largest fronton, once a grand spectrum filled with fans, is empty. A single teller guards the door, charging a $1 fee. ...more

September 8, 2008

He's been through tough times before, but Brandon resident Mark Mahon never anticipated that he and his 14-year-old son would have to live in the Chevy van he purchased to carry supplies for his home-remodeling business. ...more

September 4, 2008

Labor Day held special meaning for 20 families who now can do their jobs in a way they never could before. ...more

September 2, 2008

Labor Day held special meaning for 20 families who now can do their jobs in a way they never could before. ...more

September 1, 2008

Save Our Seabirds is soon going to be on the move, or at least hopes to be. The nonprofit organization is planning on moving all of its birds from its Wimauma facility into the former Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary in Sarasota. But can't do so until the Sarasota facility is cleaned and repaired. And one way SOS is trying to raise the needed cash is to host a yard sale on Sept. 20. But to have a yard sale, the organization is asking for donations. Items needed include toys, tools, clothing, artwork, kitchenware, pot and pans, small appliances and books. ...more

August 22, 2008

A $100,000 donation from one of the county's most prominent landowners to the Community Foundation of Hernando County will give nonprofit groups a powerful funding tool for years to come, a foundation official said. ...more

August 15, 2008