The Issue: $2 parking fee at Pine Island. Our Opinion: Hernando Countians should get free pass. ...more

February 20, 2009

A Hillsborough County circuit judge was wrong in dismissing 19 felony charges against former Tampa Preparatory School swim coach Kimberly Brabson III, and the case can be tried, a state appeals panel ruled Wednesday. ...more

December 25, 2008

At 6:45 Saturday morning near Clearwater's Pier 60, more than 1,800 folks in skin-tight swimsuits and caps will pile up on the beach. ...more

November 5, 2008

Taylor DeMesa and Paige Russell had just helped their Academy of the Holy Names swim team finish fifth at the City Relays, but their work was far from over. ...more

September 17, 2008

What would the Olympics be without the flair of a little controversy? Biased judges, doping, athletes attacking their foes, all of these (and others) have been witnessed at some time or another, and the 2008 Beijing Games are no different. ...more

August 10, 2008

The Florida Strawberry Festival queen pageant is ditching its swimsuit competition. Pageant officials had received complaints in recent years that some contestants were showing too much skin. But the complaints didn't factor into the decision to replace the swimsuits with a casual wear competition, a pageant official said today. ...more

July 24, 2008

A former girls swim coach at Tampa Preparatory School, who faces multiple charges that he secretly videotaped girls changing into their swimsuits, did not commit a felony, his attorney said Wednesday. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - A former girl's swim coach at Tampa Preparatory School, who faces multiple charges that he secretly videotaped girls changing into their swimsuits, did not commit a felony, his attorney argues. ...more

November 14, 2007