With eyes and minds wide open of those evaluating the goings-on at Lightning training camp, preconceived notions stand a chance to be erased. ...more

September 24, 2008

Highlands County Commissioner Don Bates said he always tries to "buy locally." ...more

September 21, 2008

Regarding "Fans Refuse To Be Sacked By Rising Ticket Prices" (Our Opinion, Sept. 8): ...more

September 15, 2008

Dale Stewart has had a busy August. Last week, the Realtor from C.S. Edwards Realty Inc. signed three contracts and knows that all C.S. Edwards agents have been busy showing homes. "Sales are picking up and prices are dropping," she said Thursday, minutes before taking a phone call from a prospective buyer interested in a brand new, four-bedroom home in Orange Blossom. ...more

September 2, 2008

Throughout most of their existence, the Rays could have put in a claim for just about anybody they wanted on the waiver wire and had little doubt that they would end up taking priority. Not that they really needed to most of the time, given they never were playing for anything and only trolled the wire to fill a stray hole here and there. ...more

August 17, 2008

Two months after trimming its budget by $47 million and laying off faculty members and more than 100 staffers, the University of Florida is giving out raises. ...more

July 26, 2008

With NFL training camps opening up, the signing season is drawing to a close. Not familiar with it? That's the five-month period beginning in early March in which most players are signed to new contracts. As usual, the end will be characterized by a flurry of signings as rookies look to get their deals done in time for the start of camp workouts. With that in mind, we're going to take you inside the standard NFL contract. Just about everything you'd want to know - from how and when players are paid to the impact of an injury and a team's ability to restrict a player's outside activities - is covered. ...more

July 21, 2008

The push is on to get draft picks signed in time for the start of training camp, but the efforts of NFL teams, including the Buccaneers, are being met with some unusual resistance. ...more

July 17, 2008

Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. ...more

July 15, 2008

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have filed a lawsuit against a third, embroiling the family in a legal dispute over the estate of the civil rights icon. ...more

July 12, 2008