In a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Highlands County commissioners took the first step toward raising the low-income senior citizens exemption on a homestead home from $5,000 to $15,000. ...more

October 8, 2008

It was preseason - a week before the Florida Gators would begin practice - and Coach Urban Meyer was doing obligatory promotional duties for television broadcast partner Sun Sports. ...more

September 14, 2008

East Bay coach Brian Thornton is understandably optimistic concerning 2008. After losing only nine seniors - seven starters - the Indians look like a team poised to earn a playoff berth. Nowhere else does this veteran team look stronger than in the center of its defense. ...more

September 4, 2008

DESTIN - The majority of Southeastern Conference football coaches want an early signing period similar to the one used in basketball. ...more

May 30, 2008

In spite of the uncertainty of the housing market in 2007, Smith & Associates Real Estate had a successful year, according to President Bob Glaser, and he expects this year to be even better. ...more

February 24, 2008

Several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning have been confirmed in consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, authorities say. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, deputies say. Even then, he refused to comply with commands and said deputies would have to kill him before he went back behind bars, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 4, 2008

SEMINOLE - Detectives think someone intentionally set the fire that destroyed a vacant home early this morning. ...more

January 31, 2008

The inconvenience of a county work project in the front yards of residents on Lake Magdalene Drive has ranged from "minor" to "completely inconvenient," homeowners say. ...more

January 26, 2008