Three youngsters have been arrested in break-ins at three churches, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Friday. ...more

September 12, 2009

Being a part of history isn't easy. Now, a month after a select few from Riverview High School and I - a 16-year-old college-bound student and aspiring journalist - attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama, I can look back and see that it took work, perseverance and patience to attend this monumental occurrence. ...more

March 9, 2009

"Bamboo And Blood" by James Church (Thomas Dunne, $23.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

It was a good show, and last night he had his face right up against the TV screen, not wanting to miss anything. ...more

February 27, 2009

Students streamed in and out of the student services building Jan. 20, wearing their message of hope for a brighter future. ...more

January 28, 2009

Students streamed in and out of the student services building Jan. 20, wearing their message of hope for a brighter future. ...more

January 28, 2009

How was it, up in Washington D.C., watching the inauguration? Cold and crowded, but exciting and well worth the effort. ...more

January 21, 2009

On that awful evening of September 11, 2001, my gaze alternating between my television screen and my computer screen, I wrote a column called "Now We Know How Israel Feels." In that piece, I retold the true story of Ken Rex McElroy of Skidmore, Mo., a local bully who terrorized an entire rural county until, after years of abuse, theft, rape and attempted murder, a handful of Skidmore citizens shot him to death on Main Street in broad daylight. Recently, like those citizens in Skidmore, the nation of Israel had had enough. ...more

January 7, 2009

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew was found dead in the back of an SUV on Monday, ending a frantic search that began after the shooting deaths of her mother and brother three days earlier. ...more

October 28, 2008

Video magnifiers will help visually impaired voters cast ballots at all early voting sites beginning Oct. 20. ...more

October 11, 2008