Richard Nugent handily won a third term as the county's sheriff Tuesday, beating a write-in political rookie and a Democratic contender. ...more

November 5, 2008

1A-3 VOLLEYBALL HCA's lone senior, Jackie Butler, refuses to see her season conclude pouring in a match-high 17 kills while chipping in 22 service points to oust No. 4 seed First Academy of Leesburg in four sets. ...more

October 28, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has approved a $1 million grant to conduct site planning and a market study for prospects to expand the 500-acre Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park just south of Ocala. The park the Legislature created in 1996 serves multiple uses in the heart of the Ocala area's horse farm country, including the official training facility for the U.S. Equestrian team. ...more

October 14, 2008

State veterinary officials say a mystery illness has killed nearly 100 horses at one farm in central Florida. ...more

October 10, 2008

A tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he slammed into a school bus in north Florida, police said Wednesday. A 13-year-old girl died, but officials are crediting heroic passers-by who pulled students off the burning bus with preventing an even bigger tragedy. ...more

September 25, 2008

A tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he slammed into a school bus in north Florida, police said Wednesday. A 13-year-old girl died, but officials are crediting heroic passers-by who pulled students off the burning bus with preventing an even bigger tragedy. ...more

September 24, 2008

At least one student died and eight people were injured Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus in an accident in West Central Florida, authorities said. ...more

September 24, 2008

FOOTBALL   Belleview (0-2) comes in attempting to snap a 5-game losing skein while Springstead (1-1) seeks to get off the canvas after last week's last-minute setback at NCT. ...more

September 19, 2008

From Mount Dora to Cedar Key, residents are seeing the highest water levels in more than two years. ...more

September 7, 2008

When Nature Coast Technical High School junior Kimberly Newmann, 16, moved to Hernando County last spring, she was nervous. ...more

September 6, 2008