January 2014
By Kevin Brady Seated just a few feet from the fire-breathing “Human Volcano” and acrobats who seemed to defy gravity at times, children cheered, gasped and laughed in equal measure, but…
By PENNY FLETCHER Businesses in three areas of South County will find themselves in a better tax position by the end of this month. County Commissioners voted in December to ask…
By PENNY FLETCHER Getting fired was the best thing that could have happened to Bill Workman last year. Up until then, he had been working all day at a job he…
By PENNY FLETCHER They couldn’t find a red carpet but the rest of the décor – including the clothing worn by patrons — was all Hollywood at the Sun City Center…
Florence Lucille AllredJuly 17, 1927 – January 9, 2014 Surrounded by her loving family, Florence L. Allred of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of Memphis, Tenn., passed away on Jan.…
Esther Ellen Long Bateman Esther Ellen Long Bateman, 86, of Brandon passed away peacefully on December 16, 2013. She was originally from Missouri and had lived in the Brandon area…
By PENNY FLETCHER The groundbreaking of a new South County YMCA won’t be a public affair, but the Y plans an Open House later in the year. Meanwhile, YMCA officials…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I woke up with a start, as I often do, and realized that I was holding my breath, not something I often do. I didn’t want this…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Outside of a metropolis of four million people lies a field of dreams. For generations there was an orange grove just outside of Ruskin that produced fruit and…