TAMPA - With just hours to go before the polls close, a Tampa couple with a touching engagement story have edged into third place in an ongoing contest for a $100,000 dream wedding, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA A Tampa couple are in the running for a $100,000 wedding courtesy of Us Magazine. They are pitted against 19 other couples from across the nation baring their lives to the public in hopes of garnering enough votes to be hitched in style. The contest is online and in living color at www.usmagazine.com/wedding-2008-top-20, and as of this morning Courtney Dempsey and Gary Courtney Jr., have garnered about 90,000 votes. ...more

June 23, 2008

As if the last day of school wasn't cause enough for celebration, kindergartners at a South Florida school learned Friday that they helped two of their teachers win a free wedding. ...more

June 8, 2008

Keeping your investments intact in today's market is hard enough. But if you're a couple, managing your investments together, it may be trickier. When it comes to investing, a couple could run into more trouble than a single person. ...more

June 1, 2008

On Jan. 26, a group of us, 48 people from Avon Park, took a bus trip to the Hardrock Casino in Tampa for a day of fun. At the gambling tables we had fun. Some won, most lost or broke even, but it was a good time. At 3 p.m. a group of 10 gathered for a late lunch at the Harvest Green Buffet. We were five couples. As we entered we inquired as to the price of the buffet and were advised as follows: $29 each before 4 p.m., less $5 coupon, less $5 players club card, total $10 plus tax (the receptionist failed to advise us we could also use points from our players club card, and they did not allow it in the bill as they said it was too late.) ...more

February 10, 2008

More Americans are in line to get rebates if a revised plan continues its quick move through the Senate. ...more

January 31, 2008

Just as Joseph and Mary traveled a long distance to get to Bethlehem, so did Andy and Lindsay Gregg, one of the couples who played Joseph and Mary in this year's Kings Avenue Baptist Church's re-enactment, "Walk Through Bethlehem." ...more

December 26, 2007

Just as Joseph and Mary of the Christmas story traveled a long distance to get to Bethlehem, so did Andy and Lindsay Gregg, one of the couples who played Joseph and Mary this year in the Kings Avenue Baptist Church's re-enactment called "Walk Through Bethlehem." ...more

December 26, 2007

The high school students let out a sigh of "aww" as William Zerbe stood up to escort his wife of 40 years to her seat. ...more

December 8, 2007

There are several retired couples in our community who have resided out of state for all of their lives and own villas in our community. Many spent six months up North and six months in our community every year. They all own homes or condominiums in other states, to which they return every summer. ...more

November 24, 2007