If you haven't heard the names Swamp Thang, Sweat Thang or Miss Billie Waide's Bread and Butter Pickles, you haven't been spending nearly enough time in Ruskin. ...more

July 30, 2008

To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. ...more

July 20, 2008

A metal horse sculpture stolen from the plaza in front of the Tampa Museum of Art in 1998 has been located in the backyard of a Tampa home and will be returned to its rightful owner. Meanwhile, a Tampa business's rebar rhino sculpture was stolen this weekend from a fenced-in lot. The rhino is still missing. ...more

July 10, 2008

"Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian," by Scott Douglas (De Capo Press, $25) ...more

June 15, 2008

"Phantom Prey," by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.95) ...more

May 25, 2008

Publishers of children's magazines are using the high-profile human presidential races to promote their passion for nutrition. ...more

May 23, 2008

Rall Why Reader Subscribes Re: Peter Stathis' rant about Rall. I would expect no less from Mr. Stathis, since I have had the displeasure of reading many of his letters which you seem to find desirable to print on a regular basis. ...more

May 8, 2008

WHO: Tampa Bay area songwriter and vocalist Julie Black, backed by her band ...more

February 7, 2008

OPENING How She Move Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student (Rutina Wesley) is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles a passion for competitive step dancing. Review, Page 6. 98 minutes (PG-13; drug content, suggestive material and profanity) ...more

January 24, 2008

JUMPS: LIBERACE RECIPES, Page Check out his Secret Weapon Casserole. ...more

December 12, 2007