From city fire chiefs to residents grateful for the paramedics who rushed to their aid, hundreds of people began speaking today at a Pinellas County Commission hearing to comment on a plan to cut emergency rescue costs countywide. ...more

March 20, 2009

Two people in a parking lot outside a Starbucks tackled a would-be laptop snatcher Saturday at an outlet mall in Ellenton, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 22, 2009

The federal rescue of the nation's financial industry has perplexed the average taxpayer, who cannot find out how the money has been spent or see how it's helping anyone in the neighborhood. ...more

January 20, 2009

It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe - or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. ...more

September 8, 2008

Once a cop, always a cop? While his days as a police officer are long behind him, Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright used an old police trick to not only find an unknown suspect but also to get him to immediately admit his guilt. ...more

August 12, 2008

"New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier" read a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. There is no question that you can diagnose anything as early as you want. The real question is whether the diagnosis will turn out to be correct. ...more

July 17, 2008

The Plant City Chapter for Habitat For Humanity will hold a new volunteer orientation next month. ...more

July 10, 2008

Air Force fighter pilot Bill Moran wrote in his diary about a premonition he had. He feared he wouldn't make it back from one of the 28 missions he flew during World War II. ...more

June 29, 2008

None of the children in Lowry Elementary's summer program could have met Alexandra Scott, a Pennsylvania girl who died in 2004 of cancer. But as they sipped icy lemonade they sold on her behalf, they wanted her to know that they were thinking of her. ...more

June 27, 2008

Sascha Kline stood in front of her science project and unleashed a big fat yawn. Behind her, the Yeast Beast screamed for attention. ...more

February 21, 2008