The East Bay High School baseball program and its supporters will soon trade their bats for golf clubs for an upcoming fundraiser. ...more

October 15, 2008

Lindsey Rankin didn't start playing volleyball until she was a seventh-grader at Eisenhower Middle School, but she hasn't stopped since. ...more

October 8, 2008

If Florida's college-bound students haven't thought much about the SAT writing test, they had better start soon: the University of South Florida and others are paying more attention to their scores. ...more

September 28, 2008

Lutheran actors hope to uncover lots of laughs tonight and Saturday when they stage the original whodunit mystery, "The Case of the Frozen Saints," starting at 7 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Apollo Beach. ...more

September 26, 2008

Tyler Ball learned how to swim before he learned how to walk. "My parents enrolled me in a swimming class when I was six months old," Ball said. "They'd seen a lot of stuff on the news about little kids drowning and they wanted to make sure I was safe." ...more

September 17, 2008

Tired of negotiating pot holes that dot the area in front of the Ruskin post office, I recently drove around back of the Thriftway Plaza to Seventh Avenue Northeast. My interest was captured by a store-front sign that read Alvarez Tortilla Factory. Unless you're a neighborhood regular, it's a little off the beaten path. ...more

September 17, 2008

Tired of negotiating pot holes that dot the area in front of the Ruskin post office, I recently drove around back of the Thriftway Plaza to Seventh Avenue Northeast. My interest was captured by a store-front sign that read Alvarez Tortilla Factory. Unless you're a neighborhood regular, it's a little off the beaten path. ...more

September 17, 2008

The victim of a beating and rape three months ago at the Bloomingdale library, who remains in long-term rehabilitation, has gotten some help from the state. ...more

August 2, 2008

The 18-year-old victim of a brutal beating and rape attack three months ago, who remains incapacitated and in long-term rehabilitation, has gotten some help from the state. The family of the teen had received a letter from the insurance company that said the teen had to be moved from her current rehabilitation facility to another. The family and the teen's doctors disputed the insurer's decision, and the state stepped in. ...more

August 1, 2008

Each year, the National Honor Society at East Bay High School chooses a charity to support with carwashes and other fundraisers. ...more

June 8, 2008