Old-time store finds new corner
CARROLLWOOD -- In a world that has a "dot com" for everything and rides your bumper if you're not doing 70, it's not often you can get your needs met for a nickel.

Carrollwood Swim Team finishes impressive season
CARROLLWOOD -- During the final weeks of summer, the Carrollwood Village Swim Team wrapped up the long-course season with some impressive showings.

North of Tampa tonight
The 2000 football season kicks off tonight for four of north Tampa's five high schools. Gaither is idle, so fans will have to wait a week to find out how Gaither's promising players (especially super-back Lydell Ross) mesh with new coach Howie DeCristofaro.

County cash will help pay for study
Hillsborough is trying to hurry state planners along by fronting $300,000 to complete a study on whether to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

Sierra Club fights Grand Hampton project
NEW TAMPA -- An environmental group has issued a complaint against the city and said it will sue unless Tampa reconsiders a recent decision to approve a golf community with nearly 1,600 homes on land that includes protected upland habitats.

Neighbors complain about lights from gas station
Misty Creek homeowners want the owner of a Marathon gas station to install deflectors and build a wall between the business and the subdivision.

Park gets 3 acres of new sod
The landscaping project is designed to combat erosion.

E-I-E-I, oh no
With a cluck, cluck here and a hog smell there, Pine Bay Drive is having a fit over its farmer neighbor.

Cheval Golf and Country Club quickly lands back in the green
LUTZ -- A judge has ended Cheval Golf and Country Club's brief tenure under bankruptcy protection, allowing the club to set a lower value on membership.

At her own expense, teen cares for faithful mare
ODESSA -- Walk into Samantha Cyment's home and her love of animals is evident immediately.

Student adjusts to new life
WESTCHASE -- Getting up at 5 a.m. to catch a 5:48 a.m. bus to Sickles High School takes some adjustment, but Marie Christine is managing. She is trying new foods, watching movies, swimming and enjoying Florida weather.

Police briefs
Break-in nets $900 from jukebox and games

Sunday best won't be good enough this week
Church members will really dress up for services this Sunday, as they don their weekday working clothes in a celebration of Labor Day.

Church plans move to Keystone
The growing First Baptist Church of Citrus Park will move to 41 acres north of Van Dyke Road where a new church and school will be built.

Manager of pot-growing operation gets 5 years
The man supervised the marijuana operation at a home on Vandervort Road that was raided by authorities nearly a year ago.