QUESTION: "I have about 2000 square feet that gets morning sun. It's all clay, rocks,and redwood roots.We did a water test and it took one gallon of water over 12 hours to drain. We dug another hole on the other side of the area (most shady side) about 18" deep and hit water. They area is bare other than two 25 year old redwoods. I was going to plant a variety of ferns near the redwoods but unsure if there are some varieties that are hardier than others against the redwood roots. ...more

February 1, 2009

The Lake Placid senior softball league saw the Seminole Tire team come from behind with two outs in the last inning to earn a 13-12 victory over the Schooni's Family Restaurant team in league play on Wednesday. ...more

January 9, 2009

As Black Friday ticks ever closer, you'd think a once-in-a-lifetime sale will be taking place when Best Buy opens at 5 a.m. Friday. ...more

November 27, 2008

As Black Friday ticks ever closer, you'd think a once-in-a-lifetime sale will be taking place at Best Buy when it opens its doors at 5 o'clock on the morning after Thanksgiving. Four nylon tents line the sidewalk just east of the front door. Sleepy-eyed squatters peer out from half-open flaps. ...more

November 26, 2008

Sometimes rabid, vocal, vociferous demonstrators are fond of chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" as they march in the streets in opposition to war, or social injustice, or even inveighing against breast feeding. ...more

October 25, 2008

Eight families in a Largo mobile home park, left without water for a week, are scrambling to find housing this morning as city officials began closing the park. ...more

October 8, 2008

Portions of Interstate 95 were closed - and sparkling in the morning sun - after a tractor-trailer carrying $187,000 worth of nickels crashed Wednesday, killing one person and scattering the coins across the road. ...more

September 18, 2008

As if there isn't enough motorist confusion around the conflux of Memorial Highway and State Road 60 — throw in Veterans Expressway traffic, the entrance to Tampa International Airport, road construction and thousands of Bob's Barricades — morning commuters were thrown another chainsaw to juggle today. ...more

September 15, 2008

The late-morning sun is beginning to cook the 1-mile oval, and Eddie Woods is close to calling this part of his day done. Before he drives back up the hill toward the barns, though, the veteran horseman locks his eyes on a pair of fillies working out on the track. ...more

June 6, 2008

OCALA The late-morning sun is beginning to cook the 1-mile oval, and Eddie Woods is close to calling this part of his day done. Before he drives back up the hill toward the barns, though, the veteran horseman locks his eyes on a pair of fillies working out on the track. ...more

June 5, 2008