Dotti Bryant counts the Sun City Center Emergency Squad as one of her blessings every Thanksgiving. Bryant said volunteers with the SCC Emergency Squad made 18 trips to her home when her husband, Robert, was ill. ...more

November 25, 2009

Every generation has its "Where were you when ... ?" question. From Pearl Harbor to the Twin Towers, history's landscape bears the craters of pivotal, often literally explosive, moments. ...more

November 23, 2008

AT STAKE A spot in the Class 3A playoffs. This is a win-and-you're-in game for both teams. Spoto's 21-14 victory against Jesuit last week and Robinson's 24-21 victory against Sarasota Booker put them in this position. It would be the first playoff spot for Spoto, in its second season of varsity competition. ...more

November 7, 2008

Art aficionados from around the Suncoast are expected to converge on Highlander Park the first weekend of November to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Art Harvest. ...more

October 25, 2008

WASHINGTON - Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles. ...more

September 20, 2008

The most politically potent emotion of the past 18 months has been Obamamania. This condition allowed a neophyte senator from Illinois to seize his party's nomination from the jaws of the formidable Clinton machine. The big question now hanging over American politics is whether Obamamania is giving way to Obama fatigue. ...more

August 17, 2008