TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Chef Debra Hladky sliced her knife down the center of a raw chicken, talking her students through the process like a surgeon instructing interns. ...more

February 3, 2010

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Chef Debra Hladky sliced her knife down the center of a raw chicken, talking her students through the process like a surgeon instructing interns. ...more

February 3, 2010

Chef Debra Hladky sliced her knife down the center of a raw chicken, talking her students through the process like a surgeon instructing interns. "You're going to make the cut right here," she said, while Leto students Hector Rosado and Gabriel Tobias followed her. "If your knife is against the carcass, you're doing something right." ...more

January 26, 2010

After someone stole one of our newspaper racks and left its dented carcass behind a grocery store, I compiled a list of reasons not to steal a newspaper rack and leave its dented carcass behind a grocery store in an effort to discourage future crimes of this nature. ...more

October 21, 2009

Bring a strong stomach to Jobsite Theatre's production of "The Lieutenant of Inishmore." You're going to need it to watch Martin McDonagh's deliciously vile, blood-drenched black comedy about dead cats, torture and terrorism. ...more

March 28, 2009

When I found a headless squirrel in my driveway, I knew it was either the work of the scruffy stray cat that slinks across our yard or, considering the type of animal beheaded and the ritualistic display of the carcass, a hillbilly voodoo cult. ...more

March 15, 2009

Jesse Tyrone Barresse was duck hunting with some two friends and a child near a Ruskin duck pond when he spotted a bald eagle soaring overhead. ...more

March 5, 2009

A Plant City man is free tonight after his arrest Monday on felony animal cruelty charges. He is accused of snaring a cat in a raccoon trap, spraying it with a hose and then submerging the feline, trap and all, in a barrel filled with water. ...more

September 2, 2008

The art of alligator hunting will be discussed at a training seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. today at the Florida State Fairgrounds. ...more

August 2, 2008

The fine art and nuance of alligator hunting will be discussed at an alligator hunting training seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Florida State Fairgrounds. The free course is offered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The instructor is commission alligator biologist Steve Stiegler. The discussion will cover topics such as alligator programs, legal methods of hunting, areas where the annual hunt is allowed, equipment and alligator carcass processing. ...more

August 1, 2008