MVP PROFILE Nature Coast grad is taking first steps toward becoming a professional racecar driver. ...more

February 1, 2008

Chris Friel has spent the better part of his life dreaming about becoming a professional racecar driver. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy wants to concentrate on the Colts upcoming playoff game against San Diego. Whether the fact his son Eric is enrolled at Plant High School is a sign the former Bucs coach is looking to retire after this season is something he will discuss later. ...more

January 10, 2008

A new beginning Beware the end is near and a new beginning is there for the taking for those who have a desire to change their way of living. There is a world of us who will be making our new year resolutions in hopes that we can change our lives for the better. For myself I have decided that I really need to reduce the size of my middle by at least two maybe three inches and that will require a lot of exercise an a fairly large decrease in the amount of money I spend on adult refreshments at my various hangouts. I just hope I do not cause any financial hardship for my business partners in the establishments I frequent. ...more

December 27, 2007

Republican Mitt Romney aligned himself squarely with President Bush and his national security policies Wednesday, reaching out to GOP loyalists who hold Bush in high regard, back the Iraq war and could sway the nomination race. ...more

December 20, 2007

The portable storage unit company PODS could be bought soon by a Bahrain-based investment company called Arcapita, according to PODS officials. ...more

December 6, 2007

Peer pressure. We've all experienced it. We all know how powerful it can be. Let's face it - most of us don't want to stand out from the crowd. Yet, those of us who are parents are constantly admonishing our teenagers to do just that. "Resist the temptation to be like everyone else. Don't follow the crowd. Stand up for what is right!" ...more

November 23, 2007

A 56-year-old Ocala man was arrested today and charged with soliciting sex over the Internet with an adult and her two children under 16, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 20, 2007

Joanne P. McCallie knew she was in basketball country by the inordinate amount of phone calls and letters and e-mails she received. ...more

November 13, 2007

How about those kids today? All they care about is music, having friends, dating and irritating us older folks. Right? Well, no, actually. And if you need proof of that, look no further than Sebring High School's Freshman Foundation. They blow those stereotypes out of the water. Spearheaded by a group of students in the Freshman Foundation, the school has taken on the task of raising $10,000 to help Ugandan children caught in a savage war that gets little media attention. They will partner with the Schools for Schools program and try to bring about change for young people thousands of miles away. After watching videos of Ugandan children caught in a conflict between government forces and a rebel group called Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Sebring students decided to do something about it. The LRA kidnaps children to make them soldiers and sex slaves. It has totally disrupted any semblance of normal life for young people there. But most of us have never heard of such a problem because it's lost in coverage of Iraq and Darfur. ...more

November 9, 2007