Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

November 21, 2007

Although it's a story about a Latin American orphan who was born HIV-positive, later sexually abused and pregnant at age 16, "Ana is a lot like many teenagers in the United States," Jenna Bush said Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

BRANDON - President Bush's daughter was in Brandon on Thursday to autograph copies of her first book, "Ana's Story." ...more

November 8, 2007

It's heartwarming to help fulfill the heartbreaking requests children write in their letters to Santa, say members of the Temple Terrace Garden Club. ...more

October 25, 2007

Developers of a hotel and restaurant on the Carey Cattle Co. land at the southeast corner of Interstate 75 and State Road 60 have agreed to contribute $488,336 to extend Gornto Lake Road, a project intended to create another north-south corridor through Brandon to ease traffic tie-ups on other arteries. ...more

October 15, 2007

Even before the first shovel of dirt has been turned to make room for the new Southshore Commons outdoor shopping center along Big Bend Road, area residents have ideas for what they would like it to offer. ...more

October 8, 2007

Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit, or HART, has approved changes in south county bus routes proposed earlier this year to help reduce costs. ...more

October 3, 2007

Sarah Wilson, 19, spent some time at the Westfield Brandon mall in August, but she wasn't just shopping for clothes and supplies for her upcoming semester at the University of South Florida. ...more

October 3, 2007

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office has arrested Kenneth R. Jackson, 25, of Seffner in the killing of Cuc Thu Tran. The 50-year-old woman disappeared from the street where she was jogging Sept. 13 and was found 15 miles away inside a burning van in the Gibsonton area. ...more

September 27, 2007

Homicide detectives don't yet know why Seffner resident Cuc Thu Tran was killed or how she died. ...more

September 16, 2007