When Penny first started planning our Oct. 31 field trip to Riverview Flower Farm, we thought we'd be lucky to get 10 gardeners to come along. ...more

November 8, 2009

Get your lawn chairs out and head down to the Sebring Circle. The Heartland Idol contest is in full swing. There is no contest this Thursday, Sept. 24, but will resume Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. ...more

September 22, 2009

When we last left the culinary soap opera called "As The Red Velvet Cake Turns," a reader named Maria Lungo had written in early February to say that her cake was the one that was featured on the Branch Ranch Restaurant's billboard along Interstate 4 in Plant City. ...more

March 1, 2009

It appears that the recipe for the famous Branch Ranch Restaurant has been found. ...more

February 24, 2009

For years, hundreds of young soccer fans and their families waited for a proposed county sports complex to be built in Lithia. Even before the FishHawk Sports Complex opened in the fall, the FishHawk Soccer Club was established and ready to hit the field. ...more

February 11, 2009

Iran invited the U.S. women's badminton team to compete in a tournament then denied its players visas Wednesday, saying there was no time to process their visa applicatio ...more

February 4, 2009

Robin Post has been to about 20 Bruce Springsteen concerts in her 44 years, but nothing compares to what she was a part of during the Super Bowl halftime spectacular. ...more

February 3, 2009

TBO Extra review of "Animal Crossing: City Folk" video game ...more

December 22, 2008

Dominick Ferello incited a mob of first-graders on Monday. It was Ferello's first day back on the job as principal of Explorer K-8 after a six-week break as he recovered from an illness, and Angela Esposito's class was clearly happy to see him. ...more

December 16, 2008

After five years of hard work and dedication, Jeremy Baker finally achieved his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout. ...more

December 3, 2008