Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us - they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. ...more

July 10, 2008

There's little Plant High's Sheldon Cooley can't accomplish on the basketball court. ...more

July 3, 2008

For Brian Shaw, these were the true sights and sounds of Boston. Celtics flags everywhere. Fans shouting at the Lakers' bus, most of them decked out in green. Even the driver taking the team to the arena was wearing a Celtics hat. ...more

June 9, 2008

About the only sounds you'll hear at the doublewide off Old Trilby Road are the buzzing of a circular saw and the pounding of nails. ...more

June 7, 2008

It's Thursday evening. It's 6 o'clock. During the next half hour, one - two - three at a time, 15 teenage boys and three girls show up at the fenced in, concrete slab interrupting Orange Street on the south side of Liberty Street in downtown Brooksville. ...more

May 28, 2008

Ask anyone on the opposing sideline and they'll tell you exactly who was going to get the ball when Ridgewood's offense snapped the ball. ...more

May 28, 2008

A group of faculty members at Lennard High School stepped out of the classroom and onto the basketball court for a good cause. ...more

May 21, 2008

SEBRING — In Lake Placid, a hiring freeze. In Sebring, no money for the Boys and Girls Clubs. At the South Florida Water Management District, web casts instead of off-site meetings. In recessionary times, with constitutional budget cuts and reduced sales tax revenues, governments are saving money any way they can. Highlands County Last year, Vicki Pontius, Highlands County's parks and recreation director, closed the R.K. Butler Campground on Route 721. "It's a nice facility," Pontius said. "People can still use the boat launch and the basketball court, and there's a picnic table." ...more

February 15, 2008

In the wake of a horrific firebombing Sunday where residents were fired upon as they fled their burning home, people in northwest Manatee County are wondering what it will take to stem the recent violence. ...more

February 12, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Lee Tolar shook his head in awe of his girls' performance, and summed up his Sebring softball team in a nutshell. "We're only going to get better," the Blue Streak skipper said. Sebring, who methodically dismantled a gutsy Lake Placid squad in a 15-1 mercy-rule victory on Thursday, is already playing at a tournament level, and they're doing it without three key members of the team (Priscilla Adams, Chelsea Davis and Hannah Shoop). "It's nice to see that we're not getting off to a slow start," Tolar said. "These girls were just ready to play tonight. They're tired of practice and wanted to play. "We're hitting well, playing solid defense. Everything is on course, but we've got a good test in Frostproof coming up. We're just ready to go." ...more

February 9, 2008