TAMPA - In the dense fog and smoke on a rural stretch of Interstate 4 in Polk County on Wednesday morning, a slightly injured Wilfredo Reveron tried to help. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Plant and Bayshore Christian volleyball teams reassured the state of Florida that they are the top teams in their classifications Thursday after capturing the Class 5A and 1A state titles at The Lakeland Center. ...more

November 16, 2007

As her players walked past her, donning a Class 1A state championship medallion, Bayshore Christian coach Melanie Humenansky's eyes began to water. ...more

November 16, 2007

Petty Enterprises will leave its longtime home in Level Cross and move its NASCAR shop 70 miles down the road to Mooresville next month to be closer to the center of racing in the Charlotte area. ...more

November 8, 2007

SEBRING — "I like it, don't get me wrong. It's something different.... This is like the '50s." Lourdes "Lou" Gil of Deerfield Beach has been biking since she was 18, but the stout 53-year-old only went to three bike rallies before Sunday. She had some fond memories of those three, though, especially one in Key West. "Everywhere you go, they had a different thing going," she said, describing how wild the women were and how the bikers were all with them. It wasn't sexual, she quickly added. Many of the bikers there wouldn't use their stereotypically salty language to describe the Run to the Heartland this year. Words like "nice," "friendly," and "laid back" were the phrases more often used, but that calm that left Gil dreaming of Key West was just what several other bikers came for during the past weekend. "I enjoy coming over here, it's not crowded like Daytona or Leesburg," said Danny "Free Bird" Holt of the Ft. Pierce-based Reflection Riders. "You get a lot of places where you can't even walk, there's so many people." ...more

October 8, 2007