A presidential visit is big news anywhere in America, but in a city so small that Friday night football games are still the weekly happening and politicians gather under the Tree of Knowledge, hearing "Hail to the Chief" at a presidential visit is the chance of a lifetime. ...more

October 25, 2009

What should have been an easy decision to keep Bob Hunter employed as head of the City-County Planning Commission has been complicated by state pension rules that most of us workers in the private sector find overly generous. ...more

February 18, 2009

O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. ...more

October 4, 2008

Brandon Bochenski scored twice, including the tying goal with 1:19 left in the game to force overtime, and he added an assist in the Lightning's preseason-opening 5-4 shootout victory. ...more

September 21, 2008

A member of the Florida National Guard who stole a Stinger missile-firing simulator because he thought it would make a great "garage ornament" was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 18 months of probation. ...more

September 4, 2008

An Army National Guard member who stole a Stinger missile-firing simulator because he thought it would make a great "garage ornament" was sentenced in federal court today to 18 months of probation. ...more

September 3, 2008

Ron Satlof's film "Misconceptions," a comedy about an evangelical Christian who becomes a surrogate mother for a gay couple, is set in a small Georgia town. ...more

January 13, 2008

Ron Satlof's film "Misconceptions," a comedy about an evangelical Christian who becomes a surrogate mother for a gay couple, is set in a small Georgia town. So why is the producer and director shooting the movie in Florida's most densely developed county? ...more

January 11, 2008