If your image of a garden club is limited to ladies planting azaleas in the town square, think again: The National Garden Clubs is supporting a reforestation effort that includes areas hard-hit by wildfires and other natural disasters. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA – La policía del Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa arrestó a un mujer de 71 años después de que encontrar en su cartera una cachiporra de cuero, que según ella era para "pegarle a los hombres si se ponen frescos", dijo su el informe de su arresto. ...more

January 3, 2008

Schools are custodians of our children, so any precaution they take to keep our kids safe is a welcome gesture. Take for example new dismissal procedures at Park Elementary School. Starting next year, parents or guardians who pick up the school's students are required to have a card in the dashboard that has the names of the children they will be picking up. ...more

December 27, 2007

Holiday travelers to Tampa International Airport encountered only a handful of delays Monday and mostly during the morning after winter storms blanketed parts of the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend. ...more

December 25, 2007

AVON PARK — The new year will bring a new safety procedure for dismissal time at Park Elementary School. Beginning in January, each vehicle will be required to have a card in the dashboard imprinted with the names of the children who will be picked up in that vehicle. "We just want to make sure that the children are as safe as we can possibly have them be," said Park Elementary Principal Brenda Longshore. Usually by this time of the year many schools take the approach that they know the parents by now, "but, we just wanted to implement it and give it a try and see if we just can't up our safety just a little bit." Paraprofessionals who work during dismissal suggested the dashboard cards, which could also speed up the dismissal process, she said. ...more

December 24, 2007

Saturday at Highlands Ridge North ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - A deal to lease a vacant maintenance hangar at Tampa International Airport to an Alabama firm that said it might create 410 jobs here by 2009 has fallen through, an airport spokeswoman said today. ...more

December 4, 2007

AVON PARK — With upcoming council member Al Joe Hinson's arrival, the council will have two Southside representatives and two black council members for the first time in the city's recent history. And several Southside residents were hoping this would boost the influence of the economically under-served part of the city. Shirley Johnson, the Southside Community Redevelopment Agency chairwoman, said she thought Hinson –– who she and most of his friends call "Al Joe" –– would be a major boost for the Southside's representation in the council. "He won, and I'm glad he won, and I know people on the Southside are," Johnson said. "People were ready for another person to join in with Miss (Brenda) Gray... I think the people are ready to see some positive things happen with Gray and Hinson." ...more

November 20, 2007

Congratulations to Avon Park police officers Adam Willis and Christy Harbaugh for seeing, stopping and arresting three drunken occupants of a Chevy Blazer on Saturday, Oct. 27, during the trick or treat festivities downtown. The lives of the young people who had congregated on South Lake were saved by your efforts. Hopefully justice will be swift and sure. We are proud of you and want to commend you for your quick actions. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA -- Los residentes del Condado de Hillsborough podrían no sólo votar por un candidato a la presidencia de Estados Unidos en las elecciones del 2008. Un tema local podría también aparecer en las boletas. Se trata de una propuesta para cambiar la forma en que están organizados los siete distritos de Hillsborough y la manera en que se elige a sus comisionados. ¿Ocurrirá? ...more

November 1, 2007