This is the final Saturday edition of the South Tampa News & Tribune and Central Tampa News & Tribune. Beginning next week, all the community news, feature stories, columns, photographs and reader comments you have enjoyed on Saturdays will appear in the Wednesday editions of the News & Tribune. Updated news from your community and neighborhood is posted throughout the week at south ...more

July 12, 2008

SEBRING — As the cops reporter, most of what I write about, the daily crime in Highlands County, is generally depressing, with an occasional laugh from some of the dumber crimes. ...more

January 1, 2008

With great fanfare and probably with no fewer than three pre-announcement, Vaseline-lens, tinkling-piano feature stories, University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow - or Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden or Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel - will be revealed Saturday at approximately 8:50 p.m. as the winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy. In 1966, when Florida quarterback/future ballcoach Steve Spurrier won the award, the method of informing the winner was decidedly more low-key. ...more

December 4, 2007