The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is lulling coastal residents into a fatally false sense of security. That's because the scale's five single-digit categories distort the danger of an approaching tropical weather system. ...more

September 25, 2008

"This is the perfect storm, for us," Steve "Plunkett" Coltharp, interim director of Highlands County EMS, said as he stood under the bay roof that protected two ambulances from the rain at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us - they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. ...more

July 10, 2008

Has anyone thought of renaming the toll road running through the middle of Pasco and Hernando counties the "Cone Porkway"? ...more

July 6, 2008

A Democrat and a Green Party candidate seek to snatch Republican Rep. Rob Schenck's state House seat. ...more

June 28, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is looking for a few good men and women. ...more

June 28, 2008

American automakers have been making the shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles, but consumers have been making the move even faster - to hybrids and high-mileage models made overseas. Gas prices have accelerated the move away from trucks and sport utility vehicles at a furious pace, leaving the Big Three at the most critical crossroads in 30 years. ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, a self described "blue dog Democrat," called the federal stimulus checks only the first of four steps needed to boost the economy out of the recession. "The president is still having trouble saying 'the R-word,'" Mahoney told about 60 people at Monday morning's meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association. ...more

May 12, 2008

After nearly a decade in development, the new Carrollwood Cultural Center opens its doors to the arts. ...more

February 20, 2008

After nearly a decade in development, the new Carrollwood Cultural Center opens its doors to the arts. ...more

February 20, 2008