There's more to judging barbecue than munching down on the meat. Besides the obvious - the flavor - there's the appearance and tenderness to consider. ...more

October 21, 2009

The family of an Odessa racing aficionado and businessman found slain in his home in October offered a $20,000 reward today for information leading to his killer. ...more

March 12, 2009

TAMPA -- More than two months after horseman Lawrence Higgins was slain, the investigation continues and his friends from the racetrack continue to mourn. Higgins' friends and family held a memorial service for him Saturday morning at Tampa Bay Downs, a racetrack he frequented. Today, at the second day of live racing at the track's new season, Higgins' former horse trainer remembered Higgins fondly. ...more

December 17, 2008

A highly regarded Louisiana shipbuilder is establishing an operation at the Port of Tampa, buying the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co.'s lease and retaining its 500 employees with plans to add workers and trades. ...more

November 19, 2008

A highly regarded Louisiana shipbuilder is establishing an operation at the Port of Tampa, buying the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co.'s lease and retaining its 500 employees with plans to add workers and additional trades. ...more

November 18, 2008

Kimberly Higgins, 35, one of the victim's four children, described the last time she saw her father at her Oct. 4 wedding in Washington, D.C. ...more

November 7, 2008

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 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

Every time we realize we are being paid to golf, we chuckle. It's a dream come true, really, for both Joe and me. There's work involved, sure, but we're certainly not punching a clock, and most of the time it doesn't feel like work. ...more

June 23, 2008

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!! (ANTI) *** You'd have to go all the way back to - well, maybe there's really nowhere to go back to for this - in order to hear Nick Cave sounding this loose, funny and rocking sans either angst (latter-day Bad Seeds) or psychotic rage (Birthday Party). ...more

May 29, 2008