No passing fancy [Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe] The Tampa Tempest, the area's Women's Professional Football team, hosts the Miami Fury on Saturday hoping to score its first win.

Ranch may be part of Tampa
An annexation agreement between the city and the 2,500-acre K-Bar cattle ranch is nearing completion.

Breach of security?
Residents say Ray Johnston used to leer at women at the pool. The Landings management admits it was trying to evict him. Now a murdered woman's parents hold an apartment complex to blame.

Let's work to keep a united school
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Some advice for those who long for northern bulbs
I was in a large garden center last weekend, and it was tempting to buy a cart full of the flowering bulbs they were selling.

Chiefs in crucial contest tonight
Chamberlain arguably is one of the least dominant 6-2 teams in recent memory, having pulled out several close games very late.

Brazilian wins Clermont GFT
Renato Dantas De Lucas, 26, of Brazil won Clermont's Great Floridian Triathlon Oct. 21 in eight hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds.

A golden run
Danny Andrews sets a world record for the 800-meter race while competing in his first Paralympic Games.

Brothers bulldoze acres of ranch land
They say the clearing wasn't related to their still unapproved massive residential and shopping project.

Twin Branch Acres may get a stoplight
Traffic engineers may connect Twin Branch Acres and Douglas Roads, and a light would be installed where the two roads meet Race Track Road.

Man, stepson face rounds of shots to ward off rabies
The boy was attacked in his garage early Monday and the stepfather was bitten when he came to his son's aid.

Fire infractions jeopardize the haunted schoolhouse
LUTZ -- The mad scientist, his hair standing on end, arrived at the Lutz Haunted School House primed to give hundreds of thrill-seekers a rude reception.

Plan to start at the drawing board
A literal drawing of Town 'N Country's boundaries will get things going as residents help create a redevelopment plan.

Christmas tree tiff settled with an olive branch
After a thorny legal fight between a church and a homeowners' association, fresh Christmas trees will be sold in Tampa Palms.

Tampa Palms parents develop a busing plan for new school
One Community One School hopes to alleviate safety concerns with a plan that provides two shuttle buses to take kids to their appropriate schools.