Ask family members, friends and acquaintances about Sharon Tournade: They might easily describe her as one big loser. ...more

January 21, 2008

AVON PARK — The Booker girls basketball team showed Avon Park a different face on Friday. One of defense and speed — a cat-like quickness and reflexes that blew past the host Red Devils in a 53-40 win that could be a precursor to the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. Booker's 2-3 defense battered the Avon Park guards around as if they were in a storm, forcing 32 turnovers during the game, which led to countless easy baskets for the Tornadoes. ...more

January 13, 2008

You still haven't signed the Florida Hometown Democracy petition? If you are a Florida voter, and you haven't signed it yet, please do so today and mail it in. Time is running out for us to make the 2008 ballot. ...more

January 9, 2008

Subzero Celsius Canadian air greeted the Lightning on Wednesday morning, wreaking havoc with the team buses on the way to a suburban Toronto practice rink. ...more

January 3, 2008

Sunlake coach Bob Marinak joked to his players that if they wanted to give him a heart attack, they could have just pushed him off a building instead of staging the Seahawks' first win the way they did. ...more

November 30, 2007

Thanks goes to Victor and Beverly Bondonna of Sebring, for without them none of this would be possible Beverly received a call from me months ago out of the blue and accepted my request without hesitation, a selfless act of kindness and love that we are sincerely grateful for. I have no other way to repay her or her husband, but through this letter. What they have done for me and my family goes beyond words and thanks to their compassion and kindness. They helped make the impossible, possible and forever changed our lives. For this we will be forever and always sincerely grateful. They stepped up to the plate in our hour of desperation and gave my children and my granddaughter the greatest gift, the gift of a future, not monetarily or even materially, but an all encompassing future, for that we offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. ...more

November 16, 2007

What's your best holiday moment, and which memory do you wish you could forget? ...more

November 15, 2007

A second straight district championship is within reach for the Plant City High football team. It can't happen this week, but there's plenty to play for Thursday night. ...more

October 17, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: Tarpon Springs' speed was the highlight of the night. The Spongers' ball carriers ran outside and up the middle with ease en route to the shutout victory. ...more

September 21, 2007