Forrest Gough started his racing career at the old state fairgrounds track in Thunder cars in 1985. Now 53, the veteran still has the passion for racing he felt at 31, when he was named rookie of the year and won the Thunder car points championship. ...more

November 22, 2007

SEBRING – You don't need to be a doctor to know that quicker treatment of a heart attack can make a life-or-death difference. Steve Coltharp, Highlands County EMS director, took delivery last week of new, high-tech cardiac monitors that can make such a critical impact. Without a doubt, Coltharp said, lives will be saved by this major upgrade in the heart monitoring equipment which will be carried soon on all Highlands County EMS ambulances. Coltharp's assessment is backed up by Dr. Don Geldart, medical director for county EMS and an emergency room doctor at Florida Hospital's Lake Placid and Wauchula locations. "Absolutely, yes," Geldart answered when asked if the new heart monitors will save lives. ...more

November 5, 2007

The Devil Rays gave pitching coach Jim Hickey a second chance Thursday. ...more

November 2, 2007

Tony Romo won't have to wait until the offseason to get his big payday from the Dallas Cowboys after all. ...more

October 30, 2007

Are Pasco residents witnessing another long tenure taking shape in the school superintendent's office? With Republican incumbent Superintendent Heather Fiorentino ready to kick off her re-election campaign next week, political observers are wondering if Democrats will find a challenger for the 2008 contest. ...more

October 13, 2007

My life was going along great. I had a full-time career teaching that I loved, plus two part-time ones that involved teaching music and leading worship at church. My kids were well and my husband was doing what he loved. We were all extremely busy and fulfilled. But, I began to feel sick — fatigue and pain that cannot be described. I had felt it a few times in the past when for months I could not get out of bed without help. No doctor could ever figure it out. Starting in eighth grade, I'd be given round after round of antibiotics and after being deathly ill for weeks, would slowly recover. It would always take a long, long time to feel my energetic, enthusiastic self again but I always would. Then, for years I could go on as if nothing had ever happened to me. This time, I reacted the same way by pushing myself more and more, hoping I could just "will" myself out of it. But, the last time it didn't work and after feeling "sick" for a year, I finally had a stroke. ...more

October 2, 2007