John Susor was a certified colorful character. He looked like Ernest Hemingway; he married nine times; and he was known for carrying a gun in Mahuffer's, the ramshackle Gulf Boulevard bar that was his business and home for 35 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

King's 6-foot-7 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had the ball in the post with 14 seconds remaining, trailing Land O' Lakes 45-44. ...more

January 6, 2008

Dear Abby: It seems I will never meet my "Mr. Right." Every person I'm attracted to is either in a relationship or doesn't like me. ...more

December 30, 2007

With Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day squeezed into a short time span, people with birthdays around this time often find their personal celebration minimized or forgotten. ...more

December 29, 2007

Educator. Coach. Pastor. Father and grandfather. Prison evangelist. Community servant. The Rev. Abe Brown is one of Tampa's last surviving icons from the days before people of color had rights. Some of his peers were more vocal in their leadership — the late Rev. Leon Lowry and Bob Gilder, to name two. Brown, meanwhile, quietly influenced thousands of lives and change in this community. It is only fitting that his biblical name means "father of many nations." "He's the property of history. Our history," says Tampa's poet laureate, James Tokley. "He is the coach of men, of the community and of the hopeless." At the end of the year, Brown, now 80, retires from one job so he can plunge into another. Although he has certainly earned the right to enjoy some time off, that's just not his nature. Because wherever there's work that needs to be done, there is Abe Brown. ...more

December 23, 2007

Coach wasn't putting up with anything from Al Barnes. The teenager knew that when he saw Abe Brown on the porch, talking to his mama. ...more

December 23, 2007

My brother died Tuesday. He was in the truest sense my hero. He taught me how to play baseball, how to throw a football and how to ride a bike. For more than 30 years he taught "shop" in high school - woodworking, car repair, metal working. No one unknown to him will leave flowers at his door, his name will not be headlines news, he was not a thug, nor did he have that mentality. His whole life was spent trying to help others. ...more

November 29, 2007

Two women received their keys this month as Habitat for Humanity dedicated two new homes in Plant City. ...more

November 28, 2007

John T. Kniesel died in combat some 65 years ago. ...more

November 25, 2007

Jet Lee Swift lives and breathes hockey. The walls of his room are decorated with posters, sticks and trophies - signs of past glory commemorating hundreds of goals and countless games. ...more

November 24, 2007