Tampa Catholic proved it deserved its No. 3 state ranking as tailback Henry McCloud rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Christian Green completed 6 of 7 passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Crusaders past Avon Park by a score of 38-20 in a Class 2B-District 5 game on Friday night. ...more

November 8, 2009

Citing a weak economy, Hillsborough County's transit chief executive David Armijo says he is willing to forfeit his annual performance bonus in the coming year. ...more

November 5, 2009

The Avon Park volleyball team worked harder than expected in eliminating Frostproof from the Class 3A-District 9 tournament on Tuesday night. ...more

October 29, 2009

Durant sophomore Madison Opfer was frustrated with how she played during the regular season, and despite having the second-lowest round last week at the 5A-District 8 tournament, she knew she wasn't playing her best. ...more

October 28, 2009

Stuffitts Shoe Savers, moisture and odor-fighting inserts; available at www.stuffitts.com; $24.95 ...more

October 24, 2009

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick continues to sing praises about the 0-6 Buccaneers. Belechik spoke today before running his team through its workout at the Brit Oval, which is the Fenway Park of cricket stadiums. The Patriots' plane from Boston arrived here early this morning. ...more

October 23, 2009

Impact fee freeze and resurfacing a bike trail just to use federal money, what a ridiculous job these commissioners are doing for us the taxpayer and their employers. Hernando County, the highest unemployed county in Florida! ...more

October 14, 2009

After considering a price increase, the school district's food service director told the school board recently that lunch prices will not be going up at this time. ...more

August 2, 2009

New law a life saver A recent article in this paper indicates the state of Florida has finally caught up with my 2007 Buick Lucerne. Since the day I drove it out of the Rick Mathews Buick parking lot, it lets me know if I have failed to fasten my seat belt. If I have a passenger in the other front seat, the car also beeps again to indicate that the other seat belt should also be fastened. ...more

July 5, 2009

Senior right-hander Kayla Clemens scattered nine hits and struck out seven and Dino Lower clubbed a solo home run to lead Sebring to a 3-2 win over DeSoto in a Class 4A-District 10 softball game on Monday night. ...more

April 8, 2009