A key barometer of the U.S. economy, a seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index reported by the American Trucking Associations, improved 2.1 percent in July, showing that a trucking slump may have bottomed out. ...more

August 29, 2009

Kyle Jackson threw five no-hit innings and Chad Marley and Josh Gordon each had two hits on Wednesday to lead the Avon Park baseball team to an 11-1 victory over Booker in a Class 4A-District 10 makeup game. ...more

April 10, 2009

It's finally here; the week of the new moon is upon us. It arrives on Thursday at 4:06 p.m. which means anglers have a full week of the most beneficial daylight lunar influences of the month assisting them by causing fish to feed heaviest during the day instead of the normal nighttime feeding. ...more

March 22, 2009

The rew moon occurred very early this morning at 1:35 a.m. as fish attempted to feed without the light of the moon to aid in the pursuit of their prey. ...more

February 25, 2009

The week of the new moon has arrived, and weather forecasters are predicting a week of consistency; northerly winds at 5-10 mph, daily temperatures from a low of 45 to a high of 78 and a weak high pressure system to move through Central Florida tomorrow, which produces a dropping barometer on Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday. ...more

February 22, 2009

Despairing investors keep unloading stocks, and there are no signs that the selling will end anytime soon. ...more

February 21, 2009

I purchased a box at an estate sale years ago and it was stuck shut at the time. When I finally got it open, I found there was a family album built into it, with many photographs including Civil War and family tintypes. It is made of curly maple. ...more

February 15, 2009

A group of scary-smart engineering students spent the past months cobbling together a 4-pound assembly of circuit boards, instruments, computers, batteries and barometer they will set loose today in hopes of reaching the thin edge of space 20 miles high. ...more

January 17, 2009

A group of scary-smart engineering students spent the past months cobbling together a 4-pound assembly of circuit boards, instruments, computers, batteries and barometer they will set loose Saturday in hopes of reaching the thin edge of space 20 miles high. ...more

January 15, 2009

The full moon occurs on Sunday at 3:47 a.m., while the lunar perigee happens a day later. Both facts combined create the largest nighttime feeding period of the month and if the daytime weather is ideal, perhaps the largest daytime feeding period of the month. ...more

January 7, 2009