LAKE PLACID — All Kaneisha Hamilton wanted to do was to get back up and prove herself. ...more

June 6, 2008

The Rays played for a month - and thrived - without their best pitcher. They've managed to win, at various times, without their starting catcher, their primary designated hitter, their No. 3 starter, two middle relievers, a couple of utility infielders and their lights-out closer. ...more

June 5, 2008

AVON PARK — A 49-year-old Avon Park man was recovering from a self-inflicted and accidental gunshot wound Monday, after his .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun went off while he was cleaning it Friday night. Avon Park Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan said that police investigators were called to the Florida Hospital of Sebring emergency room shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, in response to a report of a man with a gunshot wound. "He apparently was cleaning his firearm and thought he had emptied it when the firearm discharged," Rowan said. "The bullet struck the inside left forearm and the exit wound was above the wrist. It was a non life-threatening injury." ...more

June 2, 2008

No one disputes who shot and killed Joseph Martell. Investigators say Max Wesley Horn Jr. shot Martell six times with a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun on March 29 during the annual Chasco Fiesta. Horn's attorney, Keith Hammond, admits his client shot Martell and then told investigators which hand he used so a gunshot residue test could be done. ...more

May 30, 2008

We are finally on the other side of the world. That was the longest plane trip I have ever taken in my life! We left Tampa Saturday afternoon and we did not check into my hotel until Monday. The time change and losing a day because we crossed the International Date Line killed us. ...more

May 27, 2008

Former Florida State starting tight end Charlie Graham remains hopeful he will play again for the Seminoles next season. ...more

May 24, 2008

A .44-caliber Winchester bullet changed John Armao's life. A year ago, it ripped through his right cheek and shattered a bone and damaged a muscle in his right shoulder. ...more

May 6, 2008

A Tampa police officer comes to grip with the changes wrought by a bullet that ripped into his right cheek in 2007. ...more

May 5, 2008

TAMPA - A .44-caliber Winchester bullet changed John Armao's life. A year ago, it ripped through his right cheek and shattered a bone and damaged a muscle in his right shoulder. ...more

May 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– For the first time in many a moon, Lake Placid head coach Dan Coomes has a smile on his face when talking about his baseball squad. "I'm really excited to see how this team is going to perform," said the LP head coach. "We've got a good mixture of youth and experience and for the first time we have depth at every position. We haven't had this kind of depth in a long while." You would think that by the Green Dragons showing in last week's Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament — losing 9-2 to Lake Region and 16-0 to cross-county rival Sebring — that they've regressed somehow, but Coomes has a definite method to his madness. "You only get better by playing the high-caliber teams," Coomes said. "We have to learn to close out games and not let our mistakes cost us the game. You can't make mistakes against teams like that because that's all they need to beat you. ...more

February 25, 2008