Larry Harmon, 83, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. ...more

July 4, 2008

About 40 residents voiced fears about planned cuts to after-school and summer-school programs and staffing during a town hall meeting Thursday at the Westchase Recreation Center. ...more

July 2, 2008

CARROLLWOOD A $1 million expansion of the recreational facilities at Carrollwood Elementary School is expected to begin in the next two weeks. ...more

June 30, 2008

Christine Rideout has been patient. After three years on a waiting list, she was approved for a Habitat for Humanity house. She and her 18-year-old daughter Alexandra have put in hours of their own time hammering on other Habitat houses and framing their own. ...more

June 27, 2008

HABITAT PROJECT HIT BY THIEVES ...more

June 26, 2008

Let there be no doubt: In this land of golf courses, swimming pools and soccer leagues, New Tampa has plenty of children who want to dance. ...more

June 25, 2008

AVON PARK — The Housing Authority of Avon Park's plans to acquire Ridgedale Apartments have stalled after the complex's owners balked at the possibility of paying a penalty for dissolving its contract with another management company, authority Executive Director Larry Shoeman said. According to Shoeman, Columbus, Ohio-based Ridgedale LLC needed to make the housing authority the property manager during the rehabilitation work that will be needed for the 36-unit project. To do that, however, Ridgedale needed to ditch its current management company, according to their contract. "The management is not willing to terminate the agreement without a penalty," Shoeman told the Housing Authority of Avon Park's Board of Commissioners Wednesday evening. "We're at an impasse at this point." ...more

June 22, 2008

For 15 years, Sharon Kearney O'Loughlin traveled into Manhattan every day from her Long Island, N.Y., home. The commute, door to door, was 21/2 hours each way. ...more

June 21, 2008

When Hillsborough County schools closed last week, more than 190,000 students were unleashed to begin practicing their summer chant: ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - When Hillsborough County schools closed last week, more than 190,000 students were unleashed to begin practicing their summer chant: ...more

June 10, 2008