Brandon's senior leadership was front and center as the Eagles captured their fifth district title in six years with a 42-38 victory against the Wharton Wildcats in the Class 5A-District 8 final Saturday. ...more

February 10, 2008

When the Gasparilla 15k wheelchair race started with the national anthem, perhaps they should have included "O, Canada" as well, because the top finishers for both the men and women hailed from the our neighbor to the north. ...more

February 10, 2008

The week that voters overwhelmingly voted to approve Amendment 1, the switchboard at the county's property appraiser's office went wild. ...more

February 9, 2008

Predators coach Barry Trotz remembered closing a door at what is now called the Sommet Center on April 16, 1998, and looking over at the Renaissance Hotel a block away. ...more

February 8, 2008

It was just about everything you'd expect from an Alonso-Gaither soccer match. Heavy on talent. Hotly contested. Well-played. ...more

February 6, 2008

A Clearwater police officer accused of wrongly arresting a 75-year-old woman at a McDonald's drive-through last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by his supervisors, according to an internal affairs file released Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

About the only person who believes a Clearwater police officer wrongly arrested 75-year-old Jean Merola at a McDonald's drive-through last month is Jean Merola. ...more

February 4, 2008

Seffner Christian Academy girls basketball coach Greg Fawbush said his team didn't play its best game. But it was good enough to give the Crusaders the Class 1A-District 10 basketball championship Saturday with a 47-35 win against Cambridge Christian School. ...more

February 3, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - As the horn sounded, they formed a pile at midfield, then went to the Gator Stadium home stands to lead cheers and more celebration before walking out as victors in the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinals. ...more

February 2, 2008

In his final basketball home game Wednesday night, Eddie Blackshear got a surprise: His coach at Dunedin High School sent him running out with the starters. Eddie, a senior whose mother is in prison on cocaine charges, is designated as mentally disabled but trainable and is something of a celebrity at Dunedin high. He learned to read in high school and has progressed enough to enter a career education program. ...more

January 31, 2008