TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Richard Jorge's hands seem to work on instinct - an instinct born of cutting hair for more than 40 years. ...more

July 9, 2008

Bucs coach Jon Gruden doesn't regret resting a lot of his regulars the past two weeks. In fact, he regrets not resting more regulars, Cato June in particular. ...more

January 5, 2008

The young blonde who once worked as a waitress in a Sun City Center restaurant and now sweeps floors in her mother's Ruskin barber shop has aspirations for television stardom and is certain she could write a best-selling book. ...more

December 22, 2007

A sign of the times came into a barber shop the other day. As I was getting my hair cut, the barber had read my column about how we are being overcome with non-English speaking immigrants, related to me about a happening a few days ago. This orange picker walked into the shop and knew just enough English to query how much for a haircut. He was told with sign language and 10 fingers it would be $10. He then held up five fingers and the barber shook his head no. The man then pointed to a sign that had the number 5:00 and looked for an answer. The sign was one that indicated the hours of operation 8:30-5:00. ...more

October 25, 2007

A city councilman is considering resigning after a man pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head after the council declined to rezone his property. ...more

October 7, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Joe Silvestro remembers the days when people would take their children to the same barber they frequented and their father frequented. ...more

October 1, 2007

Many family photos capture memories of the old family car - that old Plymouth or Ford that our parents drove and proudly posed next to for a place in the family album. Some might remember the cars of their grandparents. ...more

September 17, 2007

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-packed Mercedes near a row of stores in the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police and hospital officials said. ...more

September 9, 2007