I tried out for a professional soccer team in 1980 and made the cut before a bunch of factors steered me in other directions. Today, I'm too old to be one of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, but it looks like I might get another chance to watch. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - A Land O' Lakes woman and a 10-year-old girl are in critical condition after the 1998 Ford they were in overturned on a curve Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

June 30, 2008

The news, in an 8:45 a.m. phone call, hit like a death in the family. ...more

May 6, 2008

Rocked by news that the family company has been lost to a takeover, Wrigley heiress Helen Rosburg finds solace amid family and animals at her northwest Hillsborough County estate. ...more

May 5, 2008

The RSL Florida Division 1 Under-15 boys soccer team, with players from Brandon and Valrico, won first place in the Region Cup Finals held March 15 and 16 at Ed Radice Park in northwest Hillsborough County. ...more

May 3, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - The first combined commercial and residential development in the Main Street Project on North 22nd Street will "mirror Westchase." Vince Bekiempis, president of Property Services of America, said Eastchase will cost about $10 million and will be built in a neo-classical style similar to that of Westchase in northwest Hillsborough County. ...more

February 25, 2008

The Hillsborough County Commission plans to delay consideration of four proposals that would boost development potential in Lutz, Keystone and other parts of Northwest Hillsborough County. Commissioners had been scheduled to consider on Thursday a proposal by Stephen J. Dibbs to remove more than 300 acres from the Keystone-Odessa Community Plan. The property is on the north side of Lutz-Lake Fern Road, west of Suncoast Parkway. Dibbs also has proposed boosting the development potential on 36.6 acres within the tract to allow suburban-style development. Commissioners said Wednesday that they will reschedule those requests for 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in their second-floor chambers at the Frederick B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. They also have delayed consideration on two other requested changes to the long-range plan. One would boost development potential on 58 acres on the north and south sides of Van Dyke Road, west of Gunn Highway, until next year. The other would allow the extension of public water and sewer lines into rural areas, provided specific conditions are met. Both of those requests have been delayed until next year. ...more

February 6, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

January 20, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials do little if anything to verify claims of hardships submitted by parents wanting to enroll their children in crowded schools. ...more

January 20, 2008

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush honored famed ornithologist and bird illustrator Roger Tory Peterson at a ceremony on the White House grounds. By the time the president finished his introduction, Peterson had identified dozens of birds simply by listening to their sing-song chirp, hoots and mating whistles. ...more

January 20, 2008