When John Beebe heard Lawrence Higgins had been killed, he was devastated. Beebe was friends with the Odessa horseman for at least 10 years. They knew each other from betting – Beebe works at a Maryland racetrack, and Higgins bet there. Beebe said he even had visited Higgins in Florida. ...more

October 22, 2008

The lack of an arrest in the slaying of horseman Lawrence Higgins In odessa has made things worrisome in his neighborhood, the gated community of Citrus Green II in Odessa. ...more

October 16, 2008

The slaying of prominent Odessa horseman Lawrence P. Higgins doesn't appear to have come as the result of a robbery, deputies said today. ...more

October 13, 2008

The homicide of a prominent Odessa horseman has shocked friends in the thoroughbred industry, but investigators remained silent Saturday about the circumstances surrounding his death a day after his body was discovered. ...more

October 12, 2008

TAMPA - As the horse-racing community reels from news of the homicide of a prominent Odessa horseman, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies revealed nothing new today in the death of the 61-year-old racehorse owner and former lawyer. ...more

October 11, 2008

Nestled in Fox's Corner where Gunn Highway meets North Mobley Road is the Feed Depot, a one-stop shopping mecca for some of man's best friends: not only dogs, but also cats, goats, sheep, rabbits, ducks, birds and - primarily - horses. ...more

August 25, 2008

Nestled in Fox's Corner where Gunn Highway meets North Mobley Road is the Feed Depot, a one-stop shopping mecca for some of man's best friends, not only dogs, but cats, goats, sheep, rabbits, ducks, birds and - primarily - horses. ...more

August 23, 2008

Nestled in Fox's Corner where Gunn Highway meets North Mobley Road is the Feed Depot, a one-stop shopping mecca for some of man's best friends: not only dogs, but also cats, goats, sheep, rabbits, ducks, birds and - primarily - horses. ...more

August 20, 2008

OLDSMAR - Four Tampa Bay area Olympians will help kick off the Upper Tampa Bay Relay for Life on Friday at Tampa Bay Downs. The event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and will include 20 or more teams that are to keep at least one team member walking or running on a course around the paddock and parking lot area of the facility from 6 p.m. Friday until 10 a.m. Saturday. ...more

May 9, 2008

Tampa Bay Downs concluded its 82nd live racing season Sunday, a meet that likely will be remembered for shattered riding and training records, as well as for continued strides in attracting elite thoroughbreds from around the country for the track's growing stakes program. ...more

May 5, 2008