Early in the season, Florida coach Urban Meyer predicted that WR Riley Cooper would have a decision to make at the end of the season - whether to stick with pro baseball after signing a contract over the summer with the Texas Rangers or concentrate on playing in the NFL. ...more

December 29, 2009

Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site. ...more

December 7, 2009

The last remnants of one of the city's oldest businesses are going to fade into history. The city has awarded a contract to D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. to tear down the remaining buildings and other structures at the former Stock Building Supply at 510 and 511 S. Collins St. Griffin Wrecking will pay the city $500, in exchange for the right to salvage materials from the site. ...more

November 26, 2009

Feline Folks sponsored the second annual Cat's Meow auction Oct. 28 in the Kings Point Clubhouse. ...more

November 11, 2009

One of the leading controversies on the Sunday TV talk shows was the appropriateness of the government imposing limits on the executive compensation packages of those corporations which have been bailed out with tax funds. A moment's reflection on the fact that the taxpayer now stands in the place of the stockholder as the owner of these companies should be a sufficient justification for these limits. Stockholders, as the owners of a corporation, originally set the compensation of its officers and employees, but over the years, the officers and boards of directors, through a series of strategies, wrested control from the stockholders and, treating the companies as their own, set their own compensations without regard for the wishes of the true owners, the stockholders. Their view? If you don't like it, sell you stock. A board room "coup de corps!" ...more

October 27, 2009

Last year, says Terri Cantwell, workers at the Bates Sons & Daughters booth stood around, waiting for customers. This year, it was a different story. Bates potted 3,000 caladiums, and Cantwell estimated that by 2 p.m. Saturday, a third of her stock was sold. ...more

August 31, 2009

A celebration that traces its roots back to 1973 will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Springhead Community Park. ...more

August 9, 2009

MARKETS CLOSED There is no stock listing in today's paper because financial markets in the United States were closed for Memorial Day. ...more

May 26, 2009

Andreas Wacker of Hudson says America is reaping what it has sown. ...more

April 29, 2009

Blast the recession, full speed ahead on fun! That was the spirit permeating the 2009 edition of Chasco Fiesta during its opening night Thursday. ...more

March 21, 2009