It's an epic battle as battles go. A small, scrappy barrier island caught in the crossfire between a Goliath state budget and perilous deficits that threaten to topple the kingdom. ...more

March 28, 2009

President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities. ...more

March 20, 2009

The southbound lanes of U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs were closed for nearly three hours tonight as authorities investigated a crash involving a pedestrian and a sport utility vehicle. ...more

February 3, 2009

Design experts wonder if the first family will use the nation's most famous house to back a serious agenda: going green. ...more

November 26, 2008

I've been watching Jon Stewart skewer coverage of the Democratic National Convention, and it's easy to understand why he has become more popular than any real TV news anchor. ...more

August 29, 2008

BOWLING Clint Bullock has left his mark on Hernando County bowling, as much with his coaching as his own accomplishments. ...more

August 10, 2008

Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us - they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. ...more

July 10, 2008

SEBRING — Tyler Shingle picked up a bowling ball at his brother's birthday party at the bowling alley and decided he might like the sport. Less than a year later, he took first place in the 2008 Florida Pepsi Youth Championship, beating out more than 800 other bowlers. "We never knew where he stood in the rankings all day, but we knew he was having a great day," said his dad Rodney Shingle. "When we found out he won the whole thing, we almost fell over. We couldn't believe it." ...more

May 26, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners will be asked to spend $37,750 on a consulting firm for a professional, telephone-based survey to gauge what county residents want in recreation facilities. ...more

February 22, 2008

A Kenneth City man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty of hitting a bicyclist with his sport utility vehicle while drunk and driving off after the collision. ...more

January 29, 2008