If you're not looking forward to jockeying for elbow room at a big-box retailer, or you're looking for something other than online gift certificates to get your loved ones for the holidays, these Pasco County businesses may have ideas for you. ...more

November 27, 2009

It was three hours before the Kentucky Wildcats were set to tipoff Thursday against the Mississippi Rebels in the first game of the 2009 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament at the Forum. ...more

March 13, 2009

Hillsborough and Polk drivers are more reluctant to buckle up than other motorists in Florida, according to a sampling of the state's 12 most populous counties. ...more

March 4, 2009

Florida orange growers have harvested 6.5 percent more fruit so far this season. ...more

December 31, 2008

Florida orange growers have harvested 6.5 percent more fruit so far this season. ...more

December 30, 2008

SEBRING — Here's the upshot from Friday morning's citrus crop estimate: USDA experts don't expect a repeat of the 230 million box bumper crop of the 2001-02 season. But unless there's a disaster, 2007-08 will be way better than the 129 million boxes Florida farmers eked out last season. "We're excited to see the estimate of 168 million boxes this season," said Michael W. Sparks, executive vice president of Florida Citrus Mutual, a grower's association. Raymond Royce, executive director of the Highlands County Citrus Growers Association, thinks the agriculture department's prediction of 30 percent larger than last year is neither too positive or too negative. "It's right about where I believe, and many of our growers probably thought we would be," Royce said. ...more

October 13, 2007