How was it, up in Washington D.C., watching the inauguration? Cold and crowded, but exciting and well worth the effort. ...more

January 21, 2009

A few of us will break out our red, white and blue napkins, bundle up in our toasty polar jackets and Tyvex boots, surround ourselves with Barack and Michelle Obama action figures, and just pretend we're in Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 20 inauguration. ...more

January 9, 2009

PLANT CITY About 60 friends and family members gathered earlier this month to welcome home Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Knight, who spent eight months in Iraq. ...more

December 19, 2008

Robin Knight shrieked when she saw Warrick Dunn. She howled again Tuesday afternoon when she stepped inside the new five-bedroom home presented to her by the Warrick Dunn Foundation and East Pasco Habitat for Humanity. ...more

December 10, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Sarah Cooke thought she would be doing a walk-through of her new Habitat for Humanity home today -- until she saw the crowd of people in the driveway. She and her children, son Devin, 15, and daughter Lauren, 10, were greeted outside the home in the New Port Richey neighborhood of Moon Lake by Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Warrick Dunn. ...more

December 9, 2008

I've never thought of myself as the classic tea-sipping type, all gussied up in floral prints and a lasso of pearls. But I once threw an elaborate, Second-Hand Rose tea party when my youngest daughter, Lauren, turned 7. ...more

October 22, 2008

Megan Bertoni, 10, has enjoyed writing since the third grade. She showcased her talents Thursday as an author of the month at Oakstead Elementary School. ...more

September 28, 2008

Students come from all over the county - from Westchase to Riverview - to Robinson High School's International Baccalaureate program. ...more

September 17, 2008

Tess Pokorny's love of sewing began when she was a young girl, and, as the co-owner of Scrap and Sew Inc., she's passing along the pleasure of that pastime to a new generation. ...more

August 11, 2008

It's summertime, and these girls could be at the beach or the movies. Instead, they are inside, seated at sewing machines, listening intently to instructions from teacher Tess Pokorny. ...more

August 6, 2008