PORT RICHEY - The city's utility department has rescinded its boil-water notice. ...more

January 8, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic presidential front-runner no longer, accused campaign rival Barack Obama of changing his positions on health care and "a number of issues" Saturday night in a debate three days before the New Hampshire primary. ...more

January 6, 2008

TAMPA In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

January 2, 2008

In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

December 31, 2007

In a tale of two halves, Springstead played to a scoreless draw in the first half last Thursday night in a Class 4A, District 8 soccer match at Booster Stadium. ...more

December 29, 2007

Earlier this year, the Hernando Christian Academy boys soccer team made a road trip to play The Villages and was handed a 4-0 loss that was probably worse than the score indicated. ...more

December 21, 2007

Twelve deputies and their supervisor were suspended without pay for their role in a high-speed chase that never should have happened in the first place. ...more

December 18, 2007

SEBRING — Maybe it was because he was in great shape. Maybe it was Darrel Smith's helmet that made the difference and saved his life after a car struck his bike in August. Perhaps, Smith thought, it was the thousands of prayers given for him from other park rangers, his fellow bicyclists and the entire community. In a little more than three months, Smith came out of a month-long medically induced coma, regained 20 pounds of lost muscle and just last Thursday took a two-mile ride on his tricycle for the first time since the accident. "Yes, it hurt like hell... I got nine pieces of stainless steel (in me) right now. Two of them are cables," he said, showing his right hip. His smile and his beaming optimism goes against the grain of the aches he described. Smith's trainer, Keith A. Bowyer Jr., thinks it was Smith's drive that got him where he is now. Smith's hoping by Friday that he will get back on his job at Highlands Hammock State Park. By Christmas, Smith's hoping he can try out a bicycle. ...more

December 11, 2007

Chuck Kobasew scored with 3:31 left in the third period, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 comeback win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. ...more

November 21, 2007

Calli had flown the coop. The eclectus parrot, beloved companion of Deborah and Dale Boyll for 10 years, was missing for three days and the family was frantic. ...more

November 17, 2007