A recent report on the county fire department could translate into savings on your homeowner's insurance. ...more

July 12, 2008

LAND O'LAKES -- The test scores are in, and Pasco County public schools have once again made the grade. Results of the 2007-08 school year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test were released Tuesday. Every school in the state gets a letter grade based on the standardized test, which is given in the spring. ...more

July 12, 2008

Fans Need To Learn How To Handle Success As Tampa Bay celebrates the Rays' winning season, I think it is important to make sure fans learn how to win with class. Baseball is America's pastime and is typically enjoyed by people of all ages. The fans a winning season has brought to the ballpark, however, seem more interested in bragging rights and chest beating. They use foul language and engage in actions embarrassing to a parent, to a fan, to a citizen of the community. The Rays have had to learn how to win together. Fans now need to do the same. Bring your mitt, bring your enthusiasm, but leave the trash at home. ...more

July 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County schools are about to find out how well they did this year on the state's annual report card. ...more

July 5, 2008

My wife and I flew to Connecticut last week to visit our daughter and her husband in their new home. ...more

June 25, 2008

My wife and I flew to Connecticut last week to visit our daughter and her husband in their new home. ...more

June 25, 2008

During a recent trip down West Bay to Bay Boulevard in South Tampa, something caught Plant coach Robert Weiner's eye. ...more

June 10, 2008

The tension was evident as Highlands County's students squared off Saturday for school bragging rights. And it had nothing to do with athletics. It was all about brains and our top middle school students did a wonderful job answering questions that many adults wouldn't know. Academic teams from all Highlands County middle schools competed at the Sebring Middle School auditorium in an annual event measuring students' all-around knowledge. Each grade level battled to beat the buzzer and then the day was capped off with a "varsity" contest with each school's top students vying for a title. Sebring's Hill-Gustat won the varsity contest and the sixth-grade contest. Sebring Middle School won top honors in seventh and eighth grade contests. But the points separating all the schools was small, and every school had a strong showing with top students representing from throughout the county. ...more

June 2, 2008

Only one race really matters to Tony Stewart, and he'll be more than 600 miles from it today. ...more

May 25, 2008

LAKE PLACID — For Lake Placid football coach Tim Grant, the rivalry between Lake Placid and Avon Park is like one between members of the same family. ...more

May 22, 2008