The Streak is way better than a ball of twine or a talking crow. Why aren't we a tourist attraction? ...more

August 22, 2008

If you happen to have toured the country this summer, you might have taken a detour down Highway 281 into Cawker City, Kan., and had the thrill of seeing the world's largest ball of twine. ...more

August 13, 2008

In the past two seasons, Matt Grothe has led the University of South Florida to back-to-back school-record nine-win seasons. ...more

August 10, 2008

Coral Gables probably seemed like a million miles away when Alan Jay Wildstein was growing up. South Florida was his home - and it's still where most of his family lives. About 16 years ago that all changed, and he's built a mini-automotive empire here in Highlands County. ...more

August 3, 2008

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy has decided two girls accused of causing $30,000 in damage to his home should be punished with a writing assignment instead of charges. ...more

August 1, 2008

The long-delayed deal to take radio and billboard company Clear Channel Communications Inc. private closed Wednesday. ...more

July 31, 2008

CLEARWATER -- Dunedin Causeway Beach and Honeymoon Island State Park could get an even bigger influx of summer tourists as a result of the city of Clearwater closing its Courtney Campbell Causeway Beach because of a fish kill. ...more

July 30, 2008

The man carried a yellow backpack and wore a red baseball hat, recalled 11-year-old Andrew Hathcox of Orlando. He wasn't completely certain, but he thought the guy also wore a bright blue shirt beneath his baseball jacket. ...more

July 30, 2008

Three billboards in the Orlando area that depict New York's World Trade Center in flames with the words "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat" are the work of a St. Cloud songwriter and commercial painter who is marketing his latest song. ...more

July 16, 2008

Lawyers William Winters and Marc Yonker - famous locally for ads on billboards, phone books and Web sites - must pay their former employer more than $1.7 million for stealing his clients, a judge ruled Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008