Law enforcement warns against using do-it-yourself blood-alcohol tests such as the Alcohol Breath Tester key ring. ...more

December 31, 2008

It's about 3 inches long, costs $14.99 and says it tests a person's alcohol level at the touch of a button. ...more

December 31, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: This an occasional series spotlighting local clergy members. This week's column features the Rev. Linford D. Houck, a minister at Hope Lutheran Church, 2001 N. Park Road. The church has about 330 members. Services include worship at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and family Bible hour at 9:15 a.m. The church's telephone number is (813) 752-4622. ...more

December 20, 2007

SEBRING — Dan Feathers has raised prices at his dry cleaning business and so has florist Ladonna Paedae-Rodriguez. Kenny Long, president of Long's Air Conditioning Inc., might have to do the same thing. Local businesses are feeling the impact of higher gas prices and are trying to find ways to keep costs down. According to the American Automobile Association, motorists are paying about 90 cents a gallon more for gas now than they did last year. Guy Caruso, chief of the Energy Department's statistical division, the Energy Information Administration, predicted recently that gasoline prices, now averaging $3.11 a gallon nationwide, will rise another 10 cents by December. A jump of 15 cents a gallon from current levels, already well above last year's average of $2.23, also would surpass May's all-time record of $3.23 a gallon. ...more

November 25, 2007

There's some good news at the gas pumps. Prices are inching down, says The American Automobile Association. ...more

October 7, 2007