If we had to hazard a guess, we would imagine 99 out of a 100 people who have driven by Mittye P. Locke Elementary School over the years assumed its namesake, like many of the other people for whom schools in Pasco County are named, had long ago passed away. Until Wednesday, however, that wasn't true. On that day Mrs. Locke, one of the pioneers of Pasco public education, died, a little less than two months before what would have been her 100th birthday. ...more

February 28, 2009

Don Fields has always been a coach who put his players and teams before himself. Now, the long-time area girls basketball advocate needs to focus on his own well-being. ...more

January 7, 2009

Kyle Busch overpowered the field Saturday in the NASCAR Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning in the second-tier series for a record-tying 10th time this season. ...more

November 2, 2008

What do Barbra Streisand and the Tunisian president, Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, have in common? They both tried to block material they dislike from appearing on the Internet. And they were both spectacularly unsuccessful. ...more

July 13, 2008

Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99. ...more

July 13, 2008

Danica Patrick is the only woman to lead the Indianapolis 500 and is the race's highest female finisher. Last month at Motegi, Japan, she became the first to win a major-league American open-wheel race. ...more

May 25, 2008