King's Gibson earns 2A-10 girls crown ODESSA - King High senior Kelsey Gibson battled the flu, cold and wind, car problems and a sometimes errant driver to shoot a 75 and win the Class 2A-District 10 girls golf title Monday at Silver Dollar Golf Club. ...more

October 20, 2009

Business sales have been every bit as slow as the housing market. Given the current climate, it seemed the shopping center space formerly known as Ram's Restaurant would stay vacant for months. ...more

December 29, 2008

David Schmitt knows he is different from the rest. For a hobbyist and small-scale exhibitor, he has an extensive collection. ...more

December 8, 2008

PREP GOLF DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS Need To Know: The top three teams and the top three individuals not on the top three teams at each 18-hole district tournament will advance to next week's region tournaments. ...more

October 13, 2008

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Aug. 31-Sept. 6 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. ...more

September 10, 2008

Officials unveiled the prototype of the first U.S. coin with readable Braille characters on Wednesday - a silver dollar commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the creator of the alphabet for the blind. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEBRING — It wasn't like finding a horse's head at the foot of the bed, like in "The Godfather" movie, but finding a dead deer on the hood of your mom's car parked in your driveway could be just as unnerving. "Weird," was how Sebring Police Lt. Bruce Crum put it Monday. Next to the deer's body and held down by a silver dollar was a poem Sunday morning on a torn slip of paper. The lyrics were from the song "Aenima" by an alternative metal rock band called "Tool." The police were called at 10:14 a.m. Sunday to the 1700 block of Myrtle Avenue, in Sebring. The complainant, a 21-year-old woman, told police that she and her boyfriend had returned home at about 3 a.m. Sunday and didn't see any deer then. ...more

June 16, 2008

At first I did not think Fox News was racial, until Barak Obama started beating Hillary Clinton in the primary elections. But I certainly do now. ...more

May 7, 2008

TEAMS PLANT WHERE: Class 2A state tournament, The Golf Club at Bridgewater, Lakeland WHEN: Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. start ROAD TO STATE: Shot 302 team total at Silver Dollar to win District 10 title; shot 315 team total at Fox Hollow to win Region 4 tournament. LAST APPEARANCE/TITLES: 2006/5 (1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936) PLAYERS: Doug Letson, Jr.; Charlie Martin, Jr.; Charles Silverfield, So.; Cory Castillo, Sr.; Carter Ilgenfritz, Sr. OUTLOOK: The Panthers are the most experienced county team, as all five golfers have played at the state tournament before; Letson, Martin, Castillo and Ilgenfritz were members of last year's state team, while Silverfield, a transfer from Berkeley Prep, was an individual state qualifier last season. Consistency has been one of the biggest keys for success for this team, which is led by Letson, who finished as the individual runner-up at both the district and region tournaments. Plant finished eighth out of 16 teams in last year's field, but Mike James' squad could do much better this time. ...more

October 29, 2007

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, out where acres of land separate most houses, lies a community of two pastimes - the Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club. ...more

September 10, 2007