December 2015
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Sixty years ago, a newspaper in Colorado Springs made a typo on a Sears Roebuck advertisement. Sears was offering children the opportunity to call and talk to…
Ward Hall, showman extraordinaire: The king of the sideshow shares his ‘World of Wonders’
By LISA STARK “The show is about to begin. Just step right over to our ticket box, and come on in to see the show you will be talking about…
By PENNY FLETCHER Standing anywhere on Mount Cockroach, people don’t need much imagination to picture the Timucuan Indians who lived along the Little Manatee River more than 1,000 years ago.…
By LISA STARK Local contestants showed a surprising depth of emotion and insight in this year’s annual VFW-sponsored youth essay competition, designed to give students from grades K to 12…
By PENNY FLETCHER In January, more than 7,000 people turned out for a sneak-peek at St. Joseph’s Hospital South in Riverview, which opened in February with its 112-bed, $237 million,…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Bullet Free Sky, a South Hillsborough-based nonprofit organization with a growing, global reach, is making its semi-annual plea to prevent the dangers of celebratory gunfire this…
The Adopt-A-Pond program partners with communities to improve the water quality, wildlife habitat and appearance of stormwater ponds. The program guides residents through the initial steps to help them learn…
Robert F. Cleary Robert (Bob) Cleary, 86, passed peacefully from this life on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Bob had been a resident of Sun City Center since his retirement in…
Feeding America, Mosaic partner to provide Christmas dinners for Gibsonton Elementary families
By KEVIN BRADY Hundreds of families in the Gibsonton area will enjoy a Christmas dinner this week, thanks to the Mosaic Company and the Tampa Bay branch of Feeding America.…