Developing techniques for responding to hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters will be the focus of a new think tank at the Florida Institute of Technology. ...more

December 17, 2007

As one who has preached the gospel for over 40 years, I could not agree more with Dean Johnson's letter of Dec. 6 concerning global warming. Dean writes: "God controls the world's temperature not man. God controls the climate, the earth's eco-system and our environment, not man. Dean questions why evangelical Christians are caught up in trying to save the earth. I also question that. The one verse of Scripture, known by more people than any other, is John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life." The word "world" does not refer to the planet earth but "people." God has called Christians to save people from their sins not to save this earth. ...more

December 15, 2007

A fire displaced a mother and her two young daughters from their mobile home Monday morning. ...more

December 11, 2007

It's election day again in Lakeland, with Justin Troller and Brian Dockery squaring off in a runoff election for the right to replace retiring commissioner Dean Boring. ...more

December 4, 2007

Florida State's bowl destination is set. The Noles will play Kentucky in the Music City Bowl in Nashville on New Year's Eve. Kentucky finished 7-5, same as FSU. ...more

December 2, 2007

AVON PARK — Individualized Study Services sounds like an educational plan tailored for the particular student. In a way that is exactly what it is, but years ago ISS was short for In School Suspension. So as that former name implies, it's a program for students with disciplinary problems that are not serious enough to merit an Out of School Suspension or, at the secondary level, assignment to The Academy at Youth Care Lane alternative program. But at the elementary level some schools, such as Lake Country Elementary, don't have ISS. ...more

November 26, 2007

Los alguaciles del Condado de Pinellas dicen que un joven de 21 años chocó a una patrulla oficial esta mañana se encuentra en la cárcel con cargos de estar manejando bajo la influencia, dijeron los alguaciles. ...more

November 15, 2007

A 21-year-old man who officials say T-boned a Pinellas County deputy's car early this morning is in jail, charged with driving while intoxicated, sheriff's officials said. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - A St. Petersburg woman visiting an Orient Road Jail inmate Saturday left two children unattended in a Nissan in the jail's parking lot, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 11, 2007

Barbara West Dainton, thought to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96. ...more

November 9, 2007