It's been a rough year for Shaunda Silas, her 8-year-old daughter Anna, and 15-year-old son Randall from Tampa. ...more

December 26, 2009

A 43-year-old Lake Wales police detective struck and injured a pedestrian Saturday night as the woman tried to cross the road on Central Avenue in Lake Wales, authorities said. ...more

December 27, 2008

Art student Helen Rutledge prepared to bring her next masterpiece to paper by drawing a wine bottle. ...more

December 24, 2008

David O'Keefe Studios hosted a fundraiser benefiting Friends of Joshua House Foundation at its "Godfather" debut art reception held Nov. 21 at Home Theater Gallery. ...more

December 10, 2008

Most clocks just tell time, simply and reliably. Not the $1.8 million "time eater" formally unveiled Friday at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. ...more

September 20, 2008

Just like artists looking at a blank canvas, those cooking burgers can see something that can be used to express themselves. ...more

September 9, 2008

It's easy to see "That Lucky Old Sun" as the spawn of "Smile." Brian Wilson finally got free of that albatross four years ago, completing the album he abandoned in 1967 as his fragile mental and emotional states collided with his ambitions. ...more

September 5, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 23, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 22, 2008

INDIAN LAKES ESTATES - Firefighters are battling a pair of brush in eastern Polk County. A 3-acre brush fire is burning near Toronja Dr. and Valencia Dr. in Indian Lake Estates South, east of Lake Wales, said spokeswoman Kristin Guira. A lightning strike to a tree is thought to have caused the fire. ...more

May 24, 2008