"If better is possible, then good is not enough." That was the motto emblazed on the backs of T-shirts worn by several physically disabled athletes who participated in the Paralympic Sport Tampa Bay Wheelchair Basketball Camp for from youngsters 10-22 on June 25-27 at the All People's Life Center. ...more

July 6, 2009

Spoto High School baseball coach Larry Benton must meet with professional standards staff after his arrest on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting someone to commit prostitution. ...more

July 1, 2009

Spoto baseball coach Larry Benton was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting another to commit prostitution, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office charge report. ...more

June 29, 2009

Jeff Swanagan, executive director of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and former director of The Florida Aquarium, died Sunday at his home in Ohio from an apparent heart attack. He was 51. ...more

June 29, 2009

Tampa Bay's gay and lesbian residents — along with friends and supporters — braved the weather and a smattering of protesters to celebrate Gay Pride Saturday in St. Petersburg. ...more

June 28, 2009

Federal banking regulators have hit the small First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay, 4600 W. Kennedy Blvd., with a cease-and-desist order demanding, among other things, the bank improve its finances. ...more

June 28, 2009

The annual summer convention of the Church of God in Christ will draw 12,000 people to Tampa from Monday through July 3, resulting in the sale of 12,000 hotel room nights to out-of-town visitors, Tampa Bay & Co. reported. ...more

June 24, 2009

The Tampa Bay Summer RV Show continues today and Sunday at the Florida State Fairgrounds. ...more

June 13, 2009

Rising senior Maurice Hagens, Tampa Bay Tech's No. 1 football recruit, verbally committed to the University of Miami, Titans coach C.C. Culpepper said. ...more

June 13, 2009

The long-awaited television transition from analog to digital signals did not go smoothly for all viewers today. ...more

June 12, 2009