I read recently about local government's decisions to allow several large tracts in Hardee County to be developed in major fashion. This brought sadness to my heart. Pastoral views from my truck window may soon be replaced with construction cranes and vegetation destruction. ...more

July 9, 2008

State Can't Afford Deal Regarding "In 'Huge' Everglades Win, State To buy U.S. Sugar" (front page, June 25): ...more

June 28, 2008

County commissioners were right earlier this year to ask how best to wake up the sleepy I-4 corridor. ...more

June 21, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- Angry over large concrete utility poles placed along their street, some residents in the Gray Fox Lane area are considering a lawsuit if Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative won't relocate the power lines. ...more

June 11, 2008

A Boy Scout from Tampa Palms is leading the effort to install a fence at the Mary Help of Christians Center. ...more

June 2, 2008

ORLANDO - A black bear seen lounging by the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando earlier in the week has been caught. ...more

June 1, 2008

A Boy Scout from Tampa Palms is leading the effort to install a fence at the Mary Help of Christians Center. ...more

May 28, 2008

Born off North Mobley Road on July 4, 1924, Mordecai Walker has seen his hometown go through its fair share of transformations. ...more

May 24, 2008

They spent their lives in the orange groves, toiling long, arduous hours to earn money for families they rarely saw. ...more

May 22, 2008

If you thought there were a lot of motorcycles around town last week, it wasn't just your imagination. ...more

May 8, 2008