ROTARIANS STACK THE DECKS FOR CHARITY: Best Western Brandon Hotel and Conference Center, 9331 Adamo Drive, Tampa. Members of the Brandon's oldest Rotary Club are laying their cards on the table for a good cause when it hosts its annual Casino Night from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Rotary raises money for local charities such as Rotary's Camp Florida, where children with disabilities can enjoy a typical camp experience. ...more

September 30, 2009

The Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties Inc. held its annual meeting on May 28 at the Lake Wales Country Club. Approximately 125 people were in attendance. ...more

July 31, 2009

The Lake Placid Noon Rotary Club held its annual installation banquet on Tuesday, July 7 at Peppercorn's in Lake Placid. ...more

July 13, 2009

Hillsborough County school officials' plan to build critical thinking skills in students through fun, engaging activities may not be as simple as it sounds, some experts say. ...more

March 15, 2009

Former Plant City resident John R. Pope is poised to be elected president of Ducks Unlimited when the volunteer-based conservation organization holds its national convention in Denver in May. ...more

February 25, 2009

There was drumming coming from the multipurpose room, a French cafe set up next to one of the classrooms, and the seventh-grade orchestra filled the courtyard at Williams Middle School. ...more

February 25, 2009

Soon after the November election, al-Qaida's No. 2 leader took stock of America's new president-elect and dismissed him with an insulting epithet. "A house Negro," Ayman al-Zawahiri said. ...more

January 26, 2009

The Gandy extension idea isn't dead after all. After being decried by South Tampa business owners and residents for 20 years, a proposal to extend the Selmon Crosstown Expressway two miles to the Gandy Bridge is gaining momentum. ...more

January 24, 2009

Hazel Land says she saw two kinds of dawn break over the National Mall last Tuesday. ...more

January 24, 2009

The Gandy extension idea isn't dead in the water, after all. After being decried by South Tampa business owners and residents for 20 years, a proposal to extend the Selmon Crosstown Expressway two miles to the Gandy Bridge is gaining momentum. ...more

January 23, 2009