Over the years, there have been Elvis Presley, Uncle Sam and Statue of Liberty impersonators in the Lutz Independence Day parade. ...more

June 28, 2008

Bo Diddley's funeral on Saturday rocked and rolled with as much energy as his music. ...more

June 8, 2008

Bo Diddley, 79, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock 'n' roll itself, died Monday of heart failure in Archer. ...more

June 3, 2008

BRADENTON — One fashionable eyewear company can claim to have outfitted royalty in both America and Europe. ...more

May 19, 2008

The 1st Congressional District, the northernmost in the most culturally Southern state, has given the nation William Faulkner and Elvis Presley, and next Tuesday will have a special congressional election that will test the Republican hope that Barack Obama and his former pastor can be the basis of a Republican strategy to nationalize congressional races to the disadvantage of Democrats. ...more

May 9, 2008

Chuck Wirick dedicates his time to making music. A lifelong musician with degrees in history, music and Christian education in his native Michigan, Wirick has become a musical man-about-town. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Queen of Rockabilly got rock 'n' roll lessons from The King himself. Wanda Jackson was a young country singer when she met Elvis Presley on a 1955 package tour. Presley sensed Jackson was a burgeoning rocker and encouraged the singer to move in that direction. ...more

February 14, 2008

A deputy coroner testified Wednesday that she was delayed in getting to a public suicide victim because she had to make personal deliveries for her high-profile boss, who is being tried on suspicion of using county staff to benefit his lucrative private practice. ...more

January 31, 2008

Betty Jones exhibited her artistic talent at the recent Plant City Photo Archives' Progressive Tea and Tour of Historic Homes. For the second year in a row, she won most outlandish in the tea's hat contest. ...more

January 28, 2008

Bruce Whiting smiled and shrugged after emerging from the first round of tryouts Tuesday for the TV game show "Jeopardy!" ...more

January 16, 2008