TAMPA - A car drove through the front of an Einstein Bros. Bagels Friday morning in Tampa. ...more

July 4, 2008

Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile Americans who are four wheels away from homelessness. ...more

June 24, 2008

Where did you get it?" a motorist smiled. Her friend had one, she said, and drove off still grinning. New Port Richey City Councilman Rob Marlowe had just parked his tiny Smart ForTwo coupe in front of his business office on Grand Boulevard. With sides parked parallel to the sidewalk, Two Smarts could have fit into the space. ...more

June 4, 2008

Investigators continued Thursday to unravel the sequence of events that led to a 14-year-old girl backing her mother's car out of a parking space Wednesday night and then gunning it forward, overreaching her target and killing a 5-year-old boy. ...more

May 30, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Investigators today continued to unravel the sequence of events that led to a 14-year-old girl backing her mother's car out of a parking space Wednesday night, and then gunning it forward, overreaching her mark and killing a 5-year-old boy. Meanwhile, family members of the boy, Kevon Wilson, were making funeral arrangements, and trying to set up a fund to pay for it. They were also planning a vigil at the scene of the accident for tonight at 7. ...more

May 29, 2008

On a normal game day here, a parking space outside the Donald L. Tucker Center is about as easy to find as an empty seat inside. ...more

February 3, 2008

Sometimes it pays to wear a bicycle helmet even if one is not riding a bicycle. ...more

January 31, 2008

Largo police say a helmet likely saved the life of a 12-year-old boy when a pole fell on his head in a chain of events at a school crossing Tuesday. The boy was holding his bicycle and waiting for crossing guards to guide him and his Largo Middle School schoolmates at Eighth Avenue Southwest and Ridge Road, Largo police said. ...more

January 30, 2008

Since its creation, I've been an active participant in each of the Lake Denton Committee meetings. It's been my shared opinion with others, this issue revolves around overcrowding at the boat ramp by scuba divers seeking certification, a lack of parking space in the immediate neighborhood for them, and some of the illicit and/or illegal activities that too often occurs in secluded areas. Working together, committee members, county employees and several other concerned people have developed a short-term plan that will reopen Lake Denton to the public. I'm glad to say they've made a lot of progress and presented the proposals to the Board of County Commissioners. However, I am very much opposed to one particular aspect of the committee's recommendation. In order to pay for (or at least offset) the costs of improvements and needed personnel, a per diver fee of $25 per day was agreed upon. This amount, after much discussion by the divers present, was deemed to be reasonable and a customary cost incurred as part of their normal certification process. This fee would be waived for the instructors and "Dive Masters" present. ...more

January 6, 2008

In regards to Jim Gulledge's letter I have to say I agree with him 100 percent. I just don't understand people or the press. I know the press is suppose to be people also. But there are times I wonder. I too am very concerned about a man running for president of this country who does not honor its flag. I sent Highlands Today an e-mail I had received on that subject. I did not ask them to print the e-mail. I said I felt this should be looked into an article ran, so the people of Highlands County can make informed choices. I am very well aware of the fact all e-mails you receive aren't factual and I did contact www.snopes before I made such a request. Snopes did say "true" to the story I had been sent. For those of you who may not know, snopes is a site on Internet that will check out a story for you, and let you know if the story is true, partially true or false, so I am not running my mouth about something I know nothing about. Except Mr. Gulledge's letter, I have not seen one word on Sen. Barack Obama. ...more

December 28, 2007