it's not just about the road to the Final Four anymore. With the announced resignation of Cathi Martin, it's also about finding someone to fill, appropriate to the season, the fifth spot on the Pasco County School Board roster. ...more

March 18, 2009

A Sarasota man has been arrested on federal charges that he sent threatening e-mail to people, including a state representative. ...more

February 12, 2009

The 2008 election season is over. ...more

November 18, 2008

A record was broken on Election Day. It wasn't voter turnout. It was the abundance of politically conscious cell phone users who texted their family, friends and neighbors after it was announced Barack Obama would be the 44th U.S. president. ...more

November 10, 2008

I could scarcely believe my eyes while reading Mr. Whiteman's column titled "Bigotry Outnumbered This Election Season." He obviously does not include himself in the group of those overcome. He states "We must pray that this is not the first jihad in the United States." Jihad? The U.S. population electing a Christian man as president of the United States is a jihad? What is this person thinking? Was he thinking the unspoken, that Mr. Obama is really a Muslim and therefore the Jihad connection? How bigoted! And how can your newspaper print such rubbish? His mistaken notion of what the Democratic Party stands for is up to him. But it is more of a statement of how limited his knowledge really is rather than accurate. ...more

November 9, 2008

This letter is in response to Raleigh Whiteman's article "Bigotry Outnumbered This Election Season." Mr. Whiteman is obviously one of the bigots who were outnumbered - thank God for that. ...more

November 8, 2008

James Yant won the primary with nearly a 20-point lead over the next-closest opponent, Gene Magrini. ...more

November 5, 2008

1:01 p.m.: Lines are formed at several Wesley Chapel precincts including 127 at the Lexington Oaks Clubhouse and at the Seven Oaks Clubhouse, Precinct 142. Parking is on the street at both sites. Voters report no problems at the Lexington Oaks site. Voter Sharon Uhal said she only waited 10 minutes. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:45 a.m.: The line is moving right along, and voters at the Jackson Heights NFL Youth Education Town Center in College Hill are streaming in and out. There are fewer voters this morning than Charlotte Cornelius thought. ...more

November 4, 2008

April Hartseil was busy cleaning up along U.S. 27 Monday morning. The interim lead code enforcement officer for Highlands County was removing signs placed on the highway's right of ways over the weekend. By the time her work was done, Hartseil said she personally removed 38. They ranged from garage sale advertisements to campaign signs. ...more

November 4, 2008