TAMPA Local artist Eileen Goldenberg is one of three finalists for the national "My Wendy, My Way" Art Contest, which boasts a $25,000 award. Goldenberg's painting of the fast food chain's classic Wendy's icon dressed for the Gasparilla Parade and frolicking on Bayshore Boulevard "captured the spirit" of the contest, said spokeswoman Lauren Knox. ...more

December 9, 2008 |

The elegant spires atop the University of Tampa were what drew Pat Kelly Waytovich to the Tampa area. The Brandon community is what keeps her engaged here, and she has been making a difference in one way or another since 1960. ...more

November 5, 2008 |

One of the largest mosques in the world, named after Chechnya's first president, was inaugurated Friday in the North Caucasus republic in a lavish ceremony attended by dignitaries from 28 countries. ...more

October 18, 2008 |

Rising a block behind Kennedy Boulevard off Willow Avenue, silver minarets reach to the sky. But these don't belong to the University of Tampa. ...more

October 8, 2008 |

What, not everybody was thinking sports? While it seemed most of the Tampa Bay area was focused on the Bucs or Rays on Sunday, a couple of dozen artists took time to capture the University of Tampa's stainless steel minarets and the fauna on canvas. ...more

October 6, 2008 |

Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition. The southeast is not mountainous, but rather an arid plateau bounded by those great historic rivers, the Tigris to the east and the Euphrates to the west. Many of the people there are Turkish citizens of Kurdish descent. ...more

May 27, 2008 |

Ken Kneisel looked out at the endless sea of white crosses. There were hundreds of them, each casting a long shadow across the freshly cut grass. ...more

January 24, 2008 |

The minarets of Plant Hall have sparkled on the skyline for more than a century. ...more

December 19, 2007 |

Since 1933, the University of Tampa has been caretaker of what has become an iconic image on postcards and coffee mugs. ...more

December 19, 2007 |

Most Tampa residents are familiar with at least the distinctive minarets of the University of Tampa, originally the Tampa Bay Hotel opened by Henry B. Plant in 1891. ...more

October 7, 2007 |