The debate over Florida's public campaign financing program turned ugly Thursday when Republican Sen. Ronda Storms mocked President Barack Obama as "The Messiah" and a Democratic colleague made a vulgar retort. ...more

March 13, 2009

The debate over Florida's public campaign financing program turned ugly Thursday when a Republican senator mocked President Barack Obama as "the messiah" and a Democratic colleague chimed in with a vulgar retort. ...more

March 12, 2009

Tim Wakefield's milestone appearance for Boston ended with his shortest outing of the season and kept the Red Sox from getting closer to the AL East leader. ...more

September 7, 2008

Gustav became a hurricane again Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf coast as a fearsome Category 3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. ...more

August 30, 2008

County officials say a routine check of the County Road 579 bridge turned up some rotting supports, and the bridge will be closed to traffic for at least two months for further inspection and repairs. ...more

July 5, 2008

RIVERVIEW - An old pipeline threading through Riverview to link Mosaic Fertilizer's processing plant to its water source at Lithia Springs has been leaking and causing headaches for motorists, including three road closures in the past month. Water from the pipeline washed out part of the road base of Riverview Drive in early June, leading to a section between Dean Street and Albyar Avenue being closed for several days. ...more

June 27, 2008

RIVERVIEW - Mosaic Fertilizer announced today that it has purchased the historic Giant's Camp in Riverview, a once-thriving down-home restaurant and bait shop run by a man known on the carnival sideshow circuit as The Giant. ...more

June 27, 2008

BOSTON A slumping Jason Varitek capped a four-run eighth inning with a go-ahead single, and the Boston Red Sox resumed hitting just in time to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Tuesday night. ...more

June 25, 2008

SEBRING — One teen-age suspect was placed under arrest Tuesday afternoon after a car chase led to a crashed stolen vehicle, a K-9 foot pursuit and an ongoing investigation. ...more

January 29, 2008

SEBRING — At least three teen-age suspects were in custody Tuesday morning after a car chase led to a crashed stolen vehicle, a K-9 foot pursuit and an ongoing investigation. ...more

January 29, 2008