Some people are so Disney-obsessed that they'll drive thousands of miles every year to visit the massive monument to Mickey Mouse, the character-driven theme park and commercial mecca known as Disney World. ...more

January 31, 2010

Marcia Lightsey of Lake Wales, whose family owns several Central Florida cattle ranches known for their progressive environmental practices, has been selected to receive the Woman of the Year in Agriculture Award for 2009. ...more

December 27, 2009

"Brothers" makes an impossibly complex story of war understandable and human, but the original film was better. ...more

December 3, 2009

The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city today fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church. Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden. ...more

November 14, 2009

We all love a good love story. When this essay came across our desk, we wondered if it was fact or fiction. ...more

February 14, 2009

Color, texture and spirituality describe the art of North Tampa Art League's February Artist of the Month at New Tampa Regional Library, Carol Northington. ...more

January 28, 2009

She's no bigger than half the children in the room. But Carol Abbott has a voice that commands attention. ...more

November 22, 2008

St. John's Episcopal Church will focus on All Saints Sunday tomorrow, in keeping with a rich heritage of Christian liturgy, including scripture readings, biblical sermons, prayers and Holy Communion. ...more

November 1, 2008

Former city Commissioner Robert P. Brown was remembered last week by friends, family and colleagues as a leader who had a lifetime of community service. ...more

October 22, 2008

Bud Nifong, a career educator who immersed himself in the activities of his adopted hometown of Plant City, died Wednesday. He was 83. ...more

September 13, 2008