In a physical game that included 40 personal fouls, three technical fouls and one ejection, Ridgewood edged Land O' Lakes 66-65 to capture the Class 5A-District 7 championship. ...more

February 10, 2008

On the eve of Florida's presidential primary, two local Republican lawmakers talked property tax relief, state budget challenges and homeowners insurance to about 30 people in a town-hall meeting. ...more

January 29, 2008

Fourteen months later, Michael Cox's indefatigable race for the county commission's District 4 seat remains the standard to which all insurgent campaigns hereabouts will be compared. Not in terms of strategy - Cox's shoe-leather campaign was older than democracy itself - but as measured by energy, zeal and singular purpose. ...more

January 13, 2008

Some 160 real estate agents gathered for a rally today to persuade residents to vote in favor of the property tax constitutional amendment on the Jan. 29 ballot. ...more

January 11, 2008

Florida State capped a month of turmoil by losing to Kentucky on Monday in the Music City Bowl. The loss, amid an academic cheating scandal that forced the Noles to leave more than 20 scholarship players home, concluded back-to-back 7-6 seasons for FSU. ...more

January 1, 2008

Hoping to win, hop on a plane and get good news when they arrived back in New Orleans, the Saints instead headed home Sunday knowing their season was over. ...more

December 31, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Talk about taking a load off your shoulders. The River Ridge football team distanced itself from its dubious losing streak when it knocked off Sunlake in the season opener, 50-0. ...more

December 27, 2007

Third-grade students from Cox Elementary School in Dade City recently learned about how veterinarians care for animals during a Toys For Tots party and educational tour at Pasco Veterinary Medical Center in Wesley Chapel. ...more

December 25, 2007

Concerned that they soon could be homeless, residents of Brightside Mobile Home Park met with State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, this week to see what kind of guidance state law provides when a mobile home park is sold. ...more

December 22, 2007

Some walked off the field briskly or broke into a slow jog, zigzagging around the larger-than-normal media horde. Many looked away, trying to avoid eye contact and questions about a team in disarray. ...more

December 20, 2007