The other day a television news broadcast was telling of a new idea for hurricane coverage for Florida. The estimate for a Miami-Dade category five hurricane would cost approximately $88 billion. I thought of the Andrew and Katrina costs and have a better idea than letting out-of-state insurers chance their stakes upon the inevitable. Since our Department of Defense is very capable of defending our shores, it should also use its technology and resources to stop a category one in its tracks, with many large concussion bombs, or maybe something a lot more extreme to slow the winds in the wall, while at the same time making the water return to the oceans (dissipate.) When it rains, it pours! ...more

June 20, 2008

The Mule was kicking and skating on Friday, but Johan Franzen isn't quite ready to rejoin the Red Wings lineup yet. ...more

May 24, 2008

1A-6 GIRLS BASKETBALL Lions Go Furthest In School History HCA presses its way into the district final, crushing Lecanto-Seven Rivers, 55-19. ...more

February 7, 2008

Sometimes it pays to wear a bicycle helmet even if one is not riding a bicycle. ...more

January 31, 2008

Scott Macartney knew he was having a great run. He was moving fast over the ice and snow, through the ski-chattering turns, as he soared above the steep Austrian mountain. It wasn't until almost the end that Macartney's downhill run turned into disaster. ...more

January 31, 2008

Largo police say a helmet likely saved the life of a 12-year-old boy when a pole fell on his head in a chain of events at a school crossing Tuesday. The boy was holding his bicycle and waiting for crossing guards to guide him and his Largo Middle School schoolmates at Eighth Avenue Southwest and Ridge Road, Largo police said. ...more

January 30, 2008

Playing with a healthy squad for the first time since the second game of the season, host River Ridge stunned the No. 2-seeded Central Bears with a 2-0 victory in the semifinals of the Class 5A-District 7 tournament. ...more

January 25, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL HCA's perfect district slate disappears as defending 1A-6 champion Ocala-St. John rips Lady Lions, 63-27. ...more

January 20, 2008

To the uninitiated, it would seem quite obvious which team came into Tuesday night atop the standings in Class 1A, District 6. ...more

January 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police are investigating the source of an explosion that shattered the windows of several homes early Tuesday. ...more

January 1, 2008