The Arizona Republic, on health care reform: There is a lot wrong with the current state of affairs in American health care. But the rapid rise in costs - including a 131 percent rise in employer-sponsored premiums in just the past 10 years - is what drives this current fight for reform. ...more

November 17, 2009

Most genealogists eventually encounter ancestors supposedly buried in unmarked graves. ...more

November 8, 2009

The name still says "Kentucky" across the shirt, but the record says something else. ...more

March 12, 2009

As Gary Roberts pondered his future over the weekend, he understood exactly where he stood with the Lightning had he chose not to retire. While he would have been with the team, he was probably not going to see the ice outside of practices. ...more

March 12, 2009

With 25 girls on the team, including a number of experienced upperclassmen, the Avon Park girls weightlifting squad has great expectations heading into the season. ...more

December 11, 2008

"Great Expectations." That's the title of a book that describes the news at Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church. ...more

August 30, 2008

There is a reason the psalmist warned, "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help." (Psalm 146:3) ...more

July 31, 2008

With a road win on Friday night, Nature Coast, led by senior Joey Silvestri, improved its record to 2-2 and 1-0 in district 4A-8 by defeating Hudson at the Cobras' Den, 69-56. ...more

December 4, 2007

The soccer fields at the north end of Burks Park, tucked behind thick trees along State Road 52, are where great expectations begin for Pasco High's players. ...more

November 6, 2007

The special legislative session ended Monday night with Gov. Charlie Crist embracing Senate President Ken Pruitt in celebration. In typical fashion, Crist had let the legislative process run its course, and it had rewarded him with the very planks of property tax reform on which he had campaigned. ...more

November 4, 2007