Donna Miller of Tampa a few weeks ago asked for a recipe to make a "wonderful 'tropical' bread that had very subtle hints of coconut and pineapple." ...more

November 1, 2009

Public transit ridership fell 6 percent in June to 974,054 passengers compared with a year ago, a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority report states. ...more

August 6, 2009

Since June 2007, FishHawk Ranch mothers and their young children have spent time three times a week working out with each other. Well, the mothers work out; their kids just go along for the ride. ...more

February 27, 2009

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 2009

BUSINESS NOTES NATIONAL COMPANY NAMES LOCAL VP: Shared Health, a company that creates, sells and supports Web-based applications for clinicians who want to share the medical information of patients in their network, appointed Adnana Khalil of Brandon as vice president of technology and chief information officer. Khalil recently served as executive vice president of technology, chief technology officer and chief information officer at MedAvant Healthcare Solutions and previously was the director of corporate technologies at WEBMD Corporation. ...more

February 4, 2009

For over a year, Chris Carter has been carefully looking where he would score a college education. ...more

January 30, 2009

(All games Thursday, 7 p.m.) Class 5A Bloomingdale (13-3-2) ...more

January 28, 2009

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

January 28, 2009

BUSINESS NOTES BIZ DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: YP Brandon, a networking group for young professionals, will hold a professional development seminar open to the public 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, 330 Pauls Drive. Guest speaker Tony Umholtz, a former NFL pro who began his football career as a kicker and punter for the University of South Florida, will outline how principles he learned in the athletic arena apply to the business world. Cost is $8 in advance and $10 at the door. To register or for more information, call (813) 689-1221, or e-mail abelliveau@brandon chamber.com. ...more

January 28, 2009

Hillsborough County appears to have wasted $500,000 in studying the widening of a rural section of Lithia-Pinecrest Road southeast of Brandon that the county now says it has no intention of actually widening. ...more

January 11, 2009