William "Bud" Hallman III stands a solid 6-feet-2-inches tall, lives on a sprawling 20 acres and has the large, callused hands of a native Floridian cowboy. ...more

December 28, 2009

One Highlands County man's Labor Day weekend was memorable for all the wrong reasons after being the victim of armed robbery on Sunday. ...more

September 9, 2009

Gasoline prices edged down in Florida by 4 cents a gallon last week as wholesale crude oil prices slipped and the peak summer driving season wanes. ...more

September 6, 2009

Justin Wilson passed polesitter Ryan Briscoe early, then dominated the IndyCar Series race Sunday at Watkins Glen International to give team owner Dale Coyne his first victory after 25 years of trying. ...more

July 6, 2009

Lorraine Marchetti became known as "the yogurt lady" back when she was running Boulevard's, her restaurant on Cypress Street in Tampa. ...more

September 25, 2008

They trained, mapped out, plotted, trained some more, dieted, worked out, planned and continued training. ...more

September 17, 2008

When I drove up to the Pioneer Florida Days Festival over Labor Day weekend, I was surprised (and happy) to find a nice plant sale sandwiched between the square dancers and the Civil War battlefield. ...more

September 11, 2008

Labor Day weekend provided a boon of drunken drivers and authorities were there to catch them. All told, the Florida Highway Patrol, Hernando County Sheriff's Office and Brooksville Police Department reported 10 arrests. Here's a brief rundown on who was arrested on suspicion of DUI; reports were not available on all the arrests. ...more

September 5, 2008

Have you ever had to go to a location on Dale Mabry Highway using only a numerical address to find it? Our perspicacious reader Dennis Ryan did and found the building numbers very inconspicuous; in fact downright vexing. They seem nonexistent at times. ...more

September 3, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

September 3, 2008