One of the toughest things for bowl-bound college football teams is dealing with all the hoopla during bowl week leading up to the game. Both Outback Bowl representatives got a heavy dose of that scenario Saturday, the day both Auburn and Northwestern arrived in Tampa. ...more

December 27, 2009

Police are investigating whether a botched 911 distress call contributed to the recent death of a motorist on Lovering Road. ...more

December 17, 2009

A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral. ...more

December 5, 2009

The St. Petersburg parade scheduled for 10 a.m. today will take place despite the soggy weather, but parade officials do expect a 45 minute start delay, according to St. Pete Police spokeswoman Val Crews. ...more

December 5, 2009

USF freshman quarterback B.J. Daniels had a feeling of euphoria he had never experienced when the Bulls won at Florida State two months ago in Daniels' first career start. ...more

November 30, 2009

Wow! Who says there is nothing to do in the Heartland? Last week was a busy week. First we started out with the Florida Flywheeler's 14th annual fall fuel up. Then there are not enough words to praise the Highlands Little Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," it was just terrific. ...more

November 19, 2009

A motorcyclist was killed Friday evening in collision with a car at U.S. 301 and Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. While heading north on U.S. 301 about 7:24 p.m., a 1997 Camaro driven by Wayne Timothy Gardner II, 21, of Apollo Beach, turned into the path of a 1991 Sukuzi while attempting to merge onto I-75. ...more

October 31, 2009

Where'd they go? I'm speaking of the 50 years since my high school graduation. In many ways it seems like only yesterday. At the recent reunion of the Speedway High School, Class of '59, I had no trouble identifying everyone, even without the very large nametags - containing our senior photos - that the committee had prepared for us. My companion for the evening was very surprised (shocked?) at the way I looked back then. I think he might take back his assessment of my inability to write a book entitled, "Beauty Tips for the Really Ugly." ...more

October 28, 2009

Our national soccer team qualified for the World Cup next year with a 3-2 win over Honduras. The game was not publicly televised in the United States, but I spent Saturday evening with approximately 400 fellow Americans who paid to support the game on closed-circuit television. ...more

October 17, 2009

I was reading the food favorites in Sunday's Highlands Today the other day and thought I would give my opinion on a great restaurant. ...more

September 28, 2009