Paul Silvage of Port Richey, a representative of the National Association of Atomic Veterans, appreciate salute to veterans at Schrader Elementary School. ...more

November 15, 2008

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston can't bring herself to abandon her fictional family. For years, the "For Better or for Worse" creator mulled retirement, then lightened her workload by creating flashbacks and repurposing the archives of her popular comic. Finally, she knew she needed to conclude the Patterson family's 29-year saga. ...more

August 31, 2008

As genealogy researchers, we want our reports to be factual, but not stiff and boring. A family narrative should show some feeling for the experiences of an ancestor. ...more

August 24, 2008

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism ( www.journalism.org), recently spoke to Presstime Magazine about whether the presidential candidates or the media are controlling the campaign message, the increasing importance of political blogs and why The Daily Show is good news for newspapers. ...more

July 27, 2008

I loved reading biographies and autobiographies when I was younger, but maybe I'm a little jaded now. Everyone seems to have an ax to grind, an angle to play, a story to spin and a point to make. ...more

June 22, 2008

AVON PARK — A suspect in the 2001 stabbing murder of a Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Monday after he was extradited from Madison County. Juan Tirso Perez, now 26, also known as Juan Tirso Marin and Juan Tirso Marin-Perez, was booked in at 9 p.m. Friday on a charge of second-degree murder as a suspect in the stabbing death of Sergio Jose Morales, according to sheriff's central records. According to the arrest narrative, it was about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 19, 2001, when Morales was stabbed to death in his trailer home at 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid. ...more

June 2, 2008

"Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success" by Jorge Perez (Celebra, $23.95) ...more

May 18, 2008

The first of what perhaps will be thousands of pages of reports on the deadly Interstate 4 pileup in Polk County trickled into public view Monday with narratives that detailed what happened. ...more

February 5, 2008

LAKELAND - The first installment of perhaps thousands of pages of reports and documentation of the massive pileup on Interstate 4 in Polk County in January trickled into public view this morning with narratives that laid out in detail what happened but nothing to hint at the chaos and confusion that greeted first responders. ...more

February 4, 2008

As Marc Cohn does the publicity circuit to promote his new album, 'Join the Parade,' talk inevitably turns to the singer's carjacking two years ago, when he was shot in the head. ...more

October 23, 2007