The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protege was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 17, 2008

POLK CITY - The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protégé was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 16, 2008

SEBRING — Sheriff's K-9 deputy Kyle Albritton and his partner Naiche tracked a 16-year-old juvenile suspect wanted on a charge of violation of probation who walked out of the Department of Juvenile Justice office in Sun 'n Lake of Sebring. ...more

January 17, 2008

Michael Mattia of Tarpon Springs critical of city officials' opposition to proposed state property tax system changes. ...more

January 8, 2008

Her name is Pseudemys floridana floridana. At 13 inches long, 7 inches tall and 10 inches wide, she's regarded as a mature female, wise in the ways of her world. She's beautiful and today, she's bone tired. ...more

December 8, 2007

The house at 1444 Bent Tree Drive in Meadow Pointe has a long history as the neighborhood eyesore. ...more

November 24, 2007

A grandmother strolls behind two toddlers navigating their tricycles down a sidewalk in Carriage Pointe, a new subdivision in Gibsonton. ...more

October 20, 2007

Ray Markham's Go Fishing column for today points out one of the interesting ways various types of jigs can be used to pursue mackerel as they move from one depth to another, and as always, Markham's analysis is spot on. ...more

October 10, 2007

If holiday plans will take you out of town in December or January, now is the time to arrange for pet care. It's not unusual for pet sitters and lodgings to book solid well before the holidays. ...more

September 29, 2007

I learned the hard way. Now I don't show anyone my garden unless they ask. True, they can hardly help but notice as they walk to the door or gather outside for a photo. But some people manage not to see it at all. ...more

September 17, 2007