Last season, Blake High's boys varsity basketball team had one of its better seasons since reopening in 1997, posting a 20-8 record and reaching the playoffs. ...more

November 11, 2009

Dazmond Patterson never searched for a reason why. Despite being a freshman and first-year varsity player for Plant City in 2008, Patterson never thought twice when Raiders coaches thrust him into one of the most prominent positions in high school football as the team's starting tailback. ...more

November 11, 2009

The story of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad nearing execution on Tuesday in Virginia for crimes he committed in October 2002 piqued my interest ("Beltway Sniper's execution looms," Nation and World, Nov. 10). The interest is in the vast and stark differences between Florida's and Virginia's death-row process. ...more

November 11, 2009

The Hillsborough County Fair offered much more than just a hip-hop-blaring midway. ...more

November 11, 2009

For Riverview distance runner Michael Babinec, it seems the best is yet to come. ...more

November 11, 2009

The county has expanded its waste-to-energy plant on Falkenburg Road by 50 percent. ...more

November 11, 2009

For Riverview distance runner Michael Babinec, it seems the best is yet to come. ...more

November 11, 2009

Q. Polk County School District is giving the vaccine starting with the middle schools. I was told that they are the "most" at risk but everything I'm reading would point more to the elementary school age children. Do you have anything that supports the middle school age children being more at risk? - Kim, Winter Haven ...more

November 10, 2009

Q. What people are most likely to get the swine flu? Is it people with a history of medical conditions? - Vanessa, Houston, Texas ...more

November 10, 2009

TOP TEAMS 1. Newsome (3-0) - The Wolves graduated a lot of talent from last season's team, but plenty returns. Newsome won the Wharton Invitational by defeating Plant in the final on penalty kicks. ...more

November 10, 2009