This time of year every year, the phone rings at the Squirek residence in suburban Cleveland. It's a reporter and ... ...more

January 26, 2009

Most people have heard of the Nigerian scams. There's something similar - Canadian-style - now beckoning Pasco County residents, sheriff's officials say. ...more

November 13, 2008

I just wanted to congratulate Sheriff Susan Benton on the victory over Ron Grimming. It's obvious that the majority of the voters had the sense to vote for a clean campaign, and a job well done over the last four years. ...more

November 6, 2008

Since closer Troy Percival began his latest stint on the disabled list Aug. 15, Rays manager Joe Maddon has insisted there is no designated fill-in closer. ...more

August 29, 2008

SEBRING — Every other night Savanna Weirick packs all her favorite things in a stroller and tells her grandparents she is going to Iraq to visit her parents. "She has a great imagination," said her grandma, Judy Kelly, as she watched her granddaughter play in the living room of her Sebring home. Judy and her husband, Mike Kelly, or Nana and Papa as Savanna calls them, have been taking care of the 2-year-old since September when her parents, Army Spc. Kairee and Sgt. John Weirick, were deployed to Iraq. Pictures of her parents in uniform are displayed throughout the house on top of the television, on the refrigerator and even printed on pillows on the couch. ...more

November 29, 2007