Two members of the 6-1 Gainesville High football team, who have verbally committed to the University of Miami, Kevin Nelson and Devonta Davis, lead the procession to the Bears' Den. ...more

October 22, 2009

A judge has cleared professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle of charges he violated a protection order and illegally possessed human growth hormone. Police in suburban Pittsburgh stopped Angle last month on a charge of violating the protection order his then girlfriend, Trenesha Biggers, had gotten after they fought. Police said they found vials of human growth hormone in Angle's car. ...more

September 16, 2009

When Ernest Allen Jr. was killed outside his auto repair shop Monday, the community lost more than a trusted businessman. ...more

January 1, 2009

When Ernest Allen Jr. was killed outside his auto repair shop Monday, the Lakeland community lost more than a trusted businessman. Insiders in the city's jazz scene are mourning one of the area's most beloved musicians. ...more

December 31, 2008

A perennial favorite of the Sunset Beach concerts in Tarpon Springs is set to get the toes a-tappin'. Lil' Pearl and the Big Boys will offer a musical menu of blues, rock, funk and a little Americana at the Sunset Concert next Thursday, Nov. 13. It will be the last Sunset Beach concert of the season. ...more

November 8, 2008

John Michael Meek, a 52-year-old motorcyclist known to friends as Uncle Ugly, was run down purposely and killed by a man driving a white work van, a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday morning. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - John Michael Meek, a 52-year-old motorcyclist known to friends as Uncle Ugly, purposely was run down and killed by a man driving a white work van, a prosecutor told a jury this morning. ...more

July 9, 2008

Not every Bo Diddley song featured the Bo Diddley beat. "Pills" and "Crackin' Up" don't employ it. Nor does the ballad "I'm Sorry," a prototypical '50s slow dance number. Neither does "The Greatest Lover in the World," a straight 4/4 rocker and one of my favorites. ...more

June 12, 2008

It is fair to say that no one will ever confuse "filmmaker" Paul Little with Frank Capra, perhaps churning out flicks like "It's A Wonderful Urinal," "Mr. Smith Goes Wee-Wee" or "It Happened One Night - And You Don't Want To Know What It Was." ...more

June 10, 2008

A former porn actress testified Monday that she enjoyed her work with a hard-core porn producer who is on trial for federal obscenity charges relating to his movies that depict forced sex, violence, vomiting and urination. ...more

June 3, 2008