In team sports, the publicity normally is directed at the players who score the touchdowns, baskets or goals. However, just as important are the role players who work hard and do everything asked of them by their coaches, knowing that their name likely will never make the headlines. ...more

November 29, 2009

The Hillsborough County Fair offered much more than just a hip-hop-blaring midway. ...more

November 11, 2009

Novemberfest, one of Brandon's premiere fall events, is about to kick off. ...more

November 4, 2009

The 106th Florida State Fair is looking for superheroes - but they have to be the type one would find at a fair. ...more

October 27, 2009

Concertgoers will have to get used to calling the Ford Amphitheatre by another name. ...more

April 30, 2009

As the last frost warning leaves our state, high school arts programs are entering the spring season of ultimate rewards. ...more

March 25, 2009

The Fairgrounds continues to be a busy place for events after the Florida State Fair concludes. The Bob Thomas Equestrian Center continues to be one of the busiest eventing centers in central Florida. Come down and enjoy a bevy of entertainment taking place on the Fairgrounds property adjacent to I-4 and U.S. Highway 301 in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

March 20, 2009

You've seen the old black-and-white pictures and grainy films of those mean and lean years of what we call the Great Depression. The stark colors match the mood of those times, and, in fact, I think those shadowy pictures of bread lines and haunted faces contribute to today's fears about what might be looming. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Fairgrounds continues to be a busy place for events after the Florida State Fair concludes. Come down and enjoy a bevy of entertainment taking place on the Fairgrounds property adjacent to I-4 and U.S. Highway 301 in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

March 6, 2009

Missing last year, the Strawberry Tent returns by popular demand to this year's Florida Strawberry Festival. ...more

February 26, 2009