Some prison inmates in Florida - which locked up more new ones last year than any other state, according to a federal report released Thursday - soon could be living in tents. ...more

December 11, 2008

Most people are thankful to have their parents and children in the same house for Thanksgiving, but one local family has a five-generation Turkey Day tradition that started in the 1950s and is still going strong. ...more

November 27, 2008

To recruit more "trikers," Larry Goulet took an unorthodox approach. ...more

November 10, 2008

Readers at TBO.com responded strongly to news that the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans put up a 30-by-60-foot Confederate flag at the Interstate 75 bridge over U.S. 92. The flag was raised Oct. 12 and is even larger than the one raised there last summer, sparking widespread controversy and national attention. The flag is the centerpiece of a 1.9-acre memorial park. To see a picture of the flag, read related stories or add your views, go to Brandon.tbo.com, keyword "Confederate Flag." Below is a sampling of reader views. ...more

October 22, 2008

Readers at TBO.com responded strongly to news that the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans put up a 30-by-60-foot Confederate flag at the Interstate 75 bridge over U.S. 92. The flag was raised Oct. 12 and is larger than the one raised there last summer, sparking controversy and national attention. The flag is the centerpiece of a 1.9-acre memorial park. To see a picture of the flag, read related stories or add your views, go to Brandon.tbo.com, keyword "Confederate Flag." Below are some reader views. ...more

October 22, 2008

Short Notice got its name from the ability of its members Sue and Robert Plumpton to perform at a moment's notice. ...more

August 27, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The more things change, the more they remain the same. In the middle of the last century, a building with large glass bay doors at the corner of what is now Main Street and S.R. 580 housed a gas station. ...more

August 2, 2008

About 200,000 Hillsborough County school kids are pretty much at a loose end. ...more

July 23, 2008

About 200,000 Hillsborough County school kids are pretty much at a loose end. ...more

July 23, 2008

Have you shopped for furniture lately? Welcome to a world where virtually everything is brown, or some shade of brown. The stores try to fool us by calling the shade chocolate, or taffy, or cappuccino (as if it were food, not furniture), but no one is fooled. It's brown, and brown, and more brown. ...more

July 20, 2008