The school day wouldn't start for another hour at Schrader Elementary, but already seven students were signing onto computers in an effort to learn a little more about how they fit into the global scheme of things. ...more

January 17, 2009

Monday's article regarding the frequency of Silver Alerts in the state of Florida left me afraid to drive on our roadways. It is hard to believe that there have been 19 alerts in less than 60 days. ...more

November 26, 2008

It happened again last week. An 82-year-old St. Petersburg man suffering from dementia drove away from his home about 10 a.m. Wednesday and never returned. ...more

November 24, 2008

The frequency of Silver Alerts has officials worried that motorists will quit paying attention to highway signs that give information on missing elderly drivers. ...more

November 20, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A University of Alabama at Birmingham study showed highway traffic deaths for older drivers in Florida dropped 17 percent after the state passed a law requiring vision tests for people age 80 and older. In Georgia and Alabama, where such tests are not required, the death rates remained unchanged. ...more

November 11, 2008

Is There Life In Spring Hill? Several times I've started to write this, then decided against it. Mainly because I think it will offend a large segment of my fellow Spring Hill and Hernando County neighbors. But it needs to be said, regardless of who it may rub the wrong way. ...more

February 1, 2008

I drive all over Florida and as I do, I notice hanging on car mirrors the blue handicap card. I am under the impression that these people are mostly mentally handicapped. It says right on both sides of this card, that it should be removed from the mirror before driving. Can these people be so stupid that they can't understand this card creates a blind spot? Or maybe, they're proud of being disabled and want everyone to know it. I'm just wondering, since we know Florida is full of elderly drivers, many who have no business driving a car, just how many wrecks with injuries or deaths have occurred on account of this violation. There is a law about this. ...more

November 9, 2007