CARROLLWOOD In an effort to ward off evil spirits, colorful lions helped ring in the Year of the Ox. The costume lions were part of a Jan. 31 Chinese New Year event at First International Oriental Market. ...more

February 5, 2009

A Former Nature Coast Technical High School band director faces the prospect of trial next month. ...more

January 27, 2009

A small ferry overloaded with holiday shoppers sank in central Vietnam on Sunday, killing at least 40 people ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year. ...more

January 26, 2009

A small ferry overloaded with holiday shoppers sank in central Vietnam on Sunday, killing at least 40 people ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year. Most of the dead were women and children. ...more

January 25, 2009

Nature Coast Technical High's concert band was rolling smoothly through "A Welsh Rhapsody" Friday morning when Chris Hinkle dropped his hands. ...more

January 24, 2009

For the Highlands County angler, there's good news and there's bad news, so which one do you want to read first? ...more

January 21, 2009

If you're not in deep debt, I'm sure you have one friend or family member - if not more - who is. ...more

January 18, 2009

Look a person in the eye. Address them by name. Say thank you. These basic civilities serve as the foundation of an anti-bullying course introduced today in Florida for the first time. The course, called "R Time," was developed in England. Today, it was brought to Pinellas Central Elementary School by Bill Voors, director of Bully Safe Schools, based in Fort Wayne, Ind. ...more

January 15, 2009

There are things that endure that are measured in hundreds of years. Other things last long enough to be measured in decades. ...more

January 15, 2009

Suzanne Bellerose, the new president of the club, said lawn bowlers will have the chance this new year to literally bowl morning, day and night. ...more

January 14, 2009