LAND O' LAKES State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel has stepped in for Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite to emcee Wednesday's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia. Brown-Waite will not attend because her husband, Harvey Waite, died Tuesday at their Brooksville home from pancreatic cancer. Today's town hall meeting will be held 2-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Rosary Hall, 2348 Collier Parkway. At the event, attendees will be able to ask questions on tax reform, learn more about various reform measures pending in Congress and share their views. Linder is the author of the Fair Tax legislation, and the bestselling co-author of "The Fair Tax – Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS." ...more

August 19, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Jimbo Fisher saw plenty from his review of Florida State football's first preseason scrimmage to address in Monday's practice. The offensive coordinator was encouraged by his group's first real test. ...more

August 19, 2008

TALLAHASSEE After the first full scrimmage, it's still uncertain who the starting quarterback will be for Florida State in 2008. ...more

August 16, 2008

Can the Seminoles be too strong? That seemed the case this week as Florida State's top football players showed up for strength tests. Paul Griffin said he and Budd Thacker were told by their coaches to not risk injury by trying to improve upon their previous bests in the bench press. Practice begins on Thursday. ...more

August 6, 2008

With a setting sun as their backdrop, a trio of Seminoles squeezed in what was left of their summer preparation on Tuesday. This would be a last opportunity to hone their skills in the tranquility of a Tallahassee evening that will be replaced by the din of preseason practice on Thursday. ...more

August 6, 2008

Jim Weatherford believes in recycling, especially water. That is why he has worked for two years to bring reclaimed water to the Lumsden Trace subdivision, where he lives. ...more

August 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In nearly a half-century of coaching college football, Bobby Bowden has seen quite a few things. But thus far, the Florida State coaching legend isn't too fond of quarterbacks who start as a freshman. ...more

July 7, 2008

Drivers on State Road 54 could get relief sooner than planned after county officials on Thursday put widening the highway east of Curley Road near the top of the county's list of priority road projects. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested five people in three separate fights on Seventh Avenue early this morning, including one in which an officer had to use a stun gun to control one pugilist to halt the fisticuffs. ...more

May 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - According to the calendar, only six months have passed since Land O' Lakes' John Weatherford was performing a running drill when he was pulled down from behind, tearing ligaments in his left knee. ...more

February 14, 2008