SEBRING — Tina Harshman started her Monday morning bright and early by turning on her computer and buying some Christmas gifts online. Cyber Monday, as retailers have tagged the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the busiest day of the year for online shopping. According to a survey for Shop.org, an online arm of the National Retail Federation, 72 million consumers were planning to shop online from home or at work on Cyber Monday, and sales were expected to exceed $700 million. A number of retailers even hosted special sales or offers for the occasion. Harshman found good deals on gifts for her kids at Web sites for Toys "R" Us and Gymboree. ...more

November 27, 2007

Jesuit coach Greg Maurin is not the type to offer excuses. But after finishing third in Saturday's Class 2A state cross country meet after holding the No. 1 spot much of the season, he knows the recent flu that is running through his squad was a factor. ...more

November 18, 2007

LAKELAND - It looked ugly, but no one was hurt when a school bus full of elementary school students collided with a small car in north Lakeland. ...more

October 30, 2007

Durant captured its first district volleyball title since 2002 by sweeping Sarasota 25-23, 25-21, 25-18 in the Class 6A-District 8 championship match Friday. ...more

October 27, 2007

TAMPA – Una joven en un Honda Civic color verde fue llevada al Tampa General Hospital luego de que su auto chocara contra un edificio esta mañana. ...more

October 22, 2007

A fire that started in the kitchen of a Hanna Avenue home shortly before 3 p.m. this afternoon caused about $10,000 in damage and has temporarily displaced the homeowners. ...more

October 19, 2007

SEFFNER - Hillsborough County deputies say a Seffner woman left her 2-year-old boy home alone, strapped to a highchair, about 3 a.m. today while she went to buy cigarettes. Stephanie Paige Thigpen, 22, was arrested this morning and charged with felony child neglect. She also faces a misdemeanor count of obstructing or resisting arrest without violence. ...more

October 9, 2007

Sickles focused on defense in practices leading up to the Academy of the Holy Names Invitational volleyball tournament, and it showed as the Gryphons went 6-0 to win the eight-team tournament Saturday. ...more

September 23, 2007

Five questions with Academy of the Holy Names runner Stephanie Socias: At what age did you start running seriously? ...more

September 20, 2007

The Durant volleyball team had the entire weekend to sulk over its district loss to Lakeland last week. ...more

September 19, 2007