One after another, Sharon Tabler wrapped her arms around her former colleagues and friends as they filed into the Springstead High School cafeteria. ...more

December 23, 2009

Pine View Middle School students took a trip on the wild side last week in order to learn more about biodiversity, water quality, habitats and animals through hands-on experiments and observation at Cross Bar Ranch in Spring Hill. ...more

April 1, 2009

As the sun dropped behind the pine trees at Innisbrook Resort on Sunday evening, Retief Goosen stood on the 18th tee box of the Copperhead course needing only to make par to win the Transitions Championship. ...more

March 22, 2009

A wildfire endangered buildings where fireworks are stored, then jumped Flare Road and headed north and west across a vacant field toward Lakeshore Mall and the post office on Saturday afternoon. Lakeshore Mall was evacuated, but reopened Saturday night, and expected to be open Sunday. ...more

March 15, 2009

Super Bowl hero, Pro Football Hall of Famer and college All-American - the tiny Panhandle refuge of Monticello is more than his hometown. ...more

January 29, 2009

Ellen Stein encouraged women to loosen up and embrace the joy of motion instead of the drudgery of plain old exercise. ...more

November 5, 2008

In 1992's presidential election, I ran into a little problem casting my vote for Ross Perot. ...more

November 3, 2008

The city of Tampa wants to turn its yard waste and recycled newspapers into ethanol. ...more

October 12, 2008

A year after aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett vanished on a Labor Day flight over western Nevada, friends and admirers are waging a new search for some sign of him in an area of rugged mountains. ...more

September 1, 2008

Think of it as a re-invention of the village. Neighbors greet each other by name. Unfamiliar cars are recognized, scrutinized. And once a month everyone pitches in to clean up the streets. ...more

August 7, 2008