Hillsborough County will ask multiple law enforcement and regulatory agencies to investigate whether former Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson committed prosecutable crimes before he left office last month. ...more

February 5, 2009

Teams with barbecue rigs, big and small, arrived throughout the day Thursday at Firemen's Field in preparation for the 2009 Central Florida BBQ Festival. ...more

January 9, 2009

During the last few years, I have contacted the Highlands County Property Appraiser's office concerning the increased appraised value on properties in the county. I asked the question repeatedly, "since you are raising them drastically during this housing bubble, will you lower them as drastically when the bottom falls out of the housing market?" Their answer, Oh yes, we will definitely lower them if that happens. Well fellow residents, have you seen any drop in your appraised value? According to the newspaper, TV and radio, prices of homes in Florida have dropped 20-40 percent in the last year. When exactly do you think they are going to do what they told us they were going to do? If any of you are in agreement with me and others I have spoke to, please let's join together and force our county officials to live up to what they are suppose to do. ...more

November 14, 2008

It is probably a sign that things are hardly going gangbusters for your presidential campaign when your police escort is larger than the crowd of supporters who show up to cheer you on. ...more

November 1, 2008

It's getting tougher for staff of a local landmark theater and the largest auditorium in the county to put patrons in the seats. ...more

October 24, 2008

Shoppers bent on bargains jammed the parking lot and packed the aisles Thursday at the grand opening of an Aldi grocery store at Brandon Boulevard and Kingsway Road. ...more

October 1, 2008

It's here. The all-new, slimmer, sleeker and (above all) cheaper SunPass Mini electric transponder went on sale for the first time Tuesday at Publix. ...more

July 3, 2008

1,500 SOLD IN FIRST 24 HOURS ...more

July 2, 2008

The Brits continue to bolster U.S. television with some better ideas. NBC and ABC are vying to adapt the BBC reality series "Who Do You Think You Are?" in which celebrities explore their genealogy. NBC is Americanizing the BBC's unscripted car-culture series, "Top Gear," as well as the reality show "The Baby Borrowers," where kids find out what it's like to be parents. ...more

February 12, 2008

Ernest Lane of Trinity says Charley Reese overstates extent of nation's economic problems. ...more

January 29, 2008