The interesting thing about this week's U.S. Open is nobody has a clue. It didn't start out that way. When the 2008 season began, pretty much everybody figured to be an expert on the U.S. Golf Association's national championship that begins Thursday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. One word said everything you needed to know: Tiger. ...more

June 8, 2008

A lot of people blame George Bush for all our country's problems, but we are the ones to blame, being as we elected him two times. We the people just keep on electing the same U.S. senators over and over again; some of these senators have been in office four to six times. When are we going to wise up? We the people are the only ones that can change it, we must insist on term limits for all Congress and House of Representatives. ...more

June 6, 2008

The Rays made it official, selecting Tim Beckham with the first pick today in this year's Major League Baseball entry draft. ...more

June 5, 2008

Carl Crawford doesn't need to look at a stat sheet to know how much better Tampa Bay's starting pitchers have been this season compared with past years. ...more

June 3, 2008

No one disputes who shot and killed Joseph Martell. Investigators say Max Wesley Horn Jr. shot Martell six times with a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun on March 29 during the annual Chasco Fiesta. Horn's attorney, Keith Hammond, admits his client shot Martell and then told investigators which hand he used so a gunshot residue test could be done. ...more

May 30, 2008

Deana Mazurkiewicz and Adrienne Reed tell nearly identical stories. Five years ago, each opened her dream business. Mazurkiewicz's Bow Wow Boutique in Tampa Palms is a popular pet grooming business with more than 4,000 clients. Reed has earned a loyal following at her yoga studio, Namaste. ...more

May 28, 2008

Daily trips to the rink are a part of Vinny Lecavalier's everyday life during the winter. But summer trips for Lecavalier are supposed to be reserved for leisurely jaunts to exotic locales, not the mundane grind of visits to the trainer's room. ...more

May 22, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Monday on a charge of attempted second-degree murder in the May 11 shooting of a Lake Placid man. Sheriff's investigators arrested Matwain Donyel Bryant, 24, of 149 Zion St., a suspect in the shooting of Sherman Murray Wyche, 26, who was shot six times in the leg and back outside of the Highway Park Liquors, located at 101 Vision St. near Crestmore Drive, in the Highway Park subdivision. "Due to the number of shots fired, it is apparent the perpetrator was attempting to kill the victim," the arrest report stated. ...more

May 19, 2008

REGIONAL BASEBALL SEMIFINALS Nature Coast faces Pasco for fourth time; HCA travels to Deltona-Trinity Christian. ...more

May 2, 2008

Most days the mail just sits there in the box until one of us finally goes for the bad news. Weekends are usually worse. For some reason, Saturdays are when we get the bills that are messed up; the ones that some store's accounts have somehow taken a debit instead of a credit. ...more

May 2, 2008