The police are just as out of control and inefficient as the rest of our government. It took me three separate visits to recover some stolen property from the sheriff's office. My attempts were made during normal posted working hours and as instructed by our finest. ...more

January 4, 2008

The New Moon occurs today at 5:40 p.m., which means the best fishing time is from 4 p.m. to dark for the next three days. The second best time is about twelve hours later in the morning when the secondary feeding migration takes place. This pattern moves slightly forward (starts later each day) about 30 minutes per day and decreases in intensity during this process – bad news for the daytime anglers and fishermen. ...more

December 9, 2007

SEBRING — Sandi Laufer hopes to catch the pigs that have been tearing up her yard as soon as possible. "Every morning when I wake up, my yard looks worse," said Laufer. "It's like someone took heavy equipment and plowed through my lawn." Laufer, and several other residents who live along Granada Boulevard in Sun 'n Lake of Sebring, are experiencing lawn damage caused by a sudden influx of wild pigs roaming through their neighborhood. Residents began reporting problems to Sun 'n Lake officials on Monday, and things have become so bad that the district is now offering traps free of charge for three-day periods. "I think it's just (the pigs') migration pattern," said Sam Henderson, Sun 'n Lake's director of public safety. "I think they're just going wherever they can to try to get food and water." ...more

December 1, 2007

Martin Brodeur gave Patrick Roy some company in the 500-victory club. ...more

November 18, 2007

George Niemann, Florida-born and New York-bred, moved here with his wife to a home on less than an acre of land in 2003. ...more

November 17, 2007

Pakistani police fired tear gas and clubbed lawyers protesting Monday against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule. Lawyers climbed on top of one court building and threw stones and branches at police. Judges and independent TV stations also were targeted. Western diplomats and Pakistani analysts say his attempts to hold on to power run the risk of placing his own political future above the nation's. ...more

November 6, 2007

LARGO - A man who had crashed through a fence with his truck Sunday morning refused to get out afterward and attacked police, authorities said. ...more

November 5, 2007

If Sunday's exhibition game is any indication, the University of South Florida women's basketball team has a long way to go if it hopes to make a fifth consecutive postseason appearance. ...more

November 5, 2007

APOLLO BEACH - The father of the driver in a fatal Apollo Beach Boulevard car accident thinks a different type of mailbox could have prevented the death of the car's passenger. ...more

November 1, 2007

And to think it all started off so well. The Bucs went 3-1 in the first quarter of the season, their only loss coming on the road at Seattle. Nothing to be ashamed of there. ...more

October 29, 2007