A design review application before the Community Redevelopment Agency from the city's utilities department to complete construction of a pole barn at 454 N. Franklin St. may have opened up a can of worms. ...more

October 28, 2009

Am I the only one who feels that opening a liquor store next to the Lake Placid Middle School is incorrect? How could the Bible belt town of Lake Placid allow this? ...more

September 20, 2009

A dispute between neighbors this afternoon has left a 29-year-old man dead and an 81-year-old man a suspect. ...more

April 25, 2009

Chalk outlines of 88 bodies greeted students when they arrived at Gaither High School last week, a homicide-style reminder of the number of Floridians estimated to die daily from tobacco use. ...more

April 1, 2009

Chalk outlines of 88 bodies greeted students when they arrived at Gaither High School last week, a homicide-style reminder of the number of Floridians estimated to die daily from tobacco use. ...more

April 1, 2009

The traffic and long light cycle at Dale Mabry Highway and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard made it a savvy place for students to take their anti-smoking message Wednesday. ...more

March 26, 2009

Chalk outlines of 88 bodies greeted students as they arrived this morning at Gaither High School, a homicide-style reminder of the number of Floridians estimated to die daily from tobacco use. The efforts are part of the 14th annual Kick Butts Day, sponsored nationally by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Students from dozens of schools from Hillsborough and Pinellas were to rally this afternoon at Al Lopez Park. ...more

March 25, 2009

An Orlando man remained in jail Monday on a $35,000 bond after leading police on a Sunday chase through both the streets and neighborhoods of Avon Park. ...more

March 24, 2009

Our house burned down. Not the one in which we currently reside. And it didn't actually burn down, but it burned badly enough to level it and replace it with something that isn't our house. ...more

March 22, 2009

Ken McGurn is coming to town Tuesday, and he's hoping to avoid his worst-case scenario: becoming the human version of the China Syndrome. It could happen. ...more

March 12, 2009