2016
By JIMMY CURTIS We escorted Mo home last night, giddy as a teenager who raided his father’s liquor cabinet. Good thing old men in wheelchairs don’t stagger. It was a…
By JIMMY CURTIS Met my new neighbor the other day. He was facedown in the parking lot. I assisted him to his feet and, after brief introductions, away he went…
By PENNY FLETCHER A new pilot project is now a four-way deal between Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties and the cities of St. Petersburg and Tampa. As reported Jan. 7 in…
Promoter betting clean comedy will find local audience as music festival takes back seat
By KEVIN BRADY There is an untapped market for clean, often Christian-centered, comedy in South County and Rick Lindsay is betting it’s a big one. “There’s a whole world of…
Part one of a series about how this will affect builders, developers and us By PENNY FLETCHER With Hillsborough County’s new population projections growing from 330,000 new residents by the…
By LISA STARK In a breathtaking, gravity-defying motorcycle performance, the Curtis family of daredevils (The Real Steel Riders) showed what they were made of at the 2016 annual Gibtown Bike…
In the early hours of Sunday morning, powerful storms raked South Hillsborough, gaining strength as they reached Manatee and Sarasota counties, resulting in loss of life. By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Sunday…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Upwards of 400 volunteers from around the South Hillsborough community turned out at Veterans Theater in Kings Point to provide a year’s worth of meals to area…
By KEVIN BRADY Joe Eletto was one of more than 350 guests who turned out Jan. 15 at The Regent in Riverview for the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce Annual…