GOWERS CORNER - Crossroads Sawmill, a fixture on State Road 52 since the late 1960s, lost about $500,000 in uninsured equipment to a Wednesday afternoon blaze that fire officials blamed on human error. ...more

December 19, 2007

South Tampa residents Ted Hull and Jackie Trigg met with Stevie Wonder in Atlanta this month to have the R&B legend autograph a Braille version of Hull's book "The Wonder Years." ...more

November 28, 2007

PLANT CITY - For more than 40 years, the Plant City Family YMCA building at 502 E. Young St. has offered programs for children. That era is coming to an end on Dec. 31. ...more

November 27, 2007

The Chesapeake Bay's famous blue crabs - feisty crustaceans that are both a regional symbol and a multimillion-dollar catch - are hovering at historically low population levels, scientists say, as pollution, climate change and overfishing threaten the bay's ultimate survivor. ...more

November 18, 2007

A silver megaphone honoring the heroism of volunteer firefighters in Ybor City in 1889 sat on Joe N. Perez's mantel for a dozen years. ...more

November 2, 2007

When the downtown shops started to flee, one by one, during the giddy prosperity of the 1950s, leaving for those newly constructed gems called shopping centers on the south side of town, the Hayman Jewelry Co. stayed put. ...more

October 9, 2007

Four musicians with backgrounds of playing in area bands have recently formed Shotgun, a band dedicated to the sounds they love. Shotgun's motto is "A Blast from the Past." ...more

October 3, 2007