Almost 1,000 people nearly filled Tomlin Middle School auditorium to cheer on the contestants in the 2009 Florida Strawberry Festival Junior Royalty Pageant. ...more

January 21, 2009

PLANT CITY Four girls were crowned in their respective age categories Saturday at the Florida Strawberry Festival's annual Junior Royalty pageant. ...more

January 13, 2009

PLANT CITY The Florida Strawberry Festival's Junior Royalty Pageant will be 6 p.m. Saturday at Tomlin Middle School, 501 N. Woodrow Wilson St. ...more

January 6, 2009

League registration LAND O' LAKES - The i9 Sports league is conducting open registration for spring flag football, cheerleading, basketball and soccer. Boys and girls ages 4-14 are encouraged to sign up. The league plays throughout Pasco County. ...more

December 31, 2008

The thought of his six young nieces keeps Yusuf Dabus awake. The girls, ages 3-7, lived in the Gaza Strip and were seeking shelter near a mosque over the weekend as Israeli planes dropped bombs on Hamas targets. His nieces died, Dabus said, casualties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. ...more

December 31, 2008

Hundreds of Palestinian supporters lined up on Dale Mabry Boulevard this afternoon, waving flags, holding homemade signs for passing cars and chanting through megaphones. ...more

December 30, 2008

Beth Cosgrove was waiting in line to snatch an arm full of stocking stuffers for her two kids. ...more

December 21, 2008

A Palm Harbor woman was arrested Monday afternoon on charges she left her four daughters alone for two days while she went to break up with a boyfriend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 9, 2008

After he retired in 1969, former NBA superstar Bill Russell became a basketball commentator. One of his more memorable quotes was "Basketball is a contact sport; football is a collision sport." ...more

November 30, 2008

BETWEEN the LINES ...more

November 28, 2008