Carl Edwards won the season-ending Ford 300 on Saturday night, but he came up 21 points short in his attempt to overtake Clint Bowyer for the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship. ...more

November 16, 2008

I have to admit I had mixed feeling about being at Highlands Little Theatre's production of "Beauty and the Beast" Saturday night, as I am a big fan of the Heartland Idol contest, and the finale for this season was Saturday night. But since my husband and I have season tickets for the theater and Saturday was our night, we had no choice to miss out on the Idol contest. ...more

November 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - If Lake Myrtle Elementary School students had their way, the next president would be a character from a storybook ... maybe someone like Nancy Drew. ...more

November 1, 2008

Venus Williams won the Zurich Open on Sunday for her second singles title of the season. ...more

October 20, 2008

The Avon Park volleyball team leaned on its honored seniors on Thursday against Booker in a Class 4A-District 10 match. ...more

October 18, 2008

In the only really riveting Chase to date, Kurt Busch led Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon by only 18 and 21 points entering the finale at Homestead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin still were in contention mathematically. Busch edged Johnson by eight and Gordon by 16 for the championship. ...more

September 10, 2008

All the early mornings of working out during the summer are already paying off for the Sebring Blue Streaks volleyball team. ...more

August 26, 2008

Brandon's Chris Colwill decided to leave it all in the pool of the Olympic men's 3-meter diving finals Tuesday night in Beijing. He did that by performing a list of six dives that, when combined, was the highest degree of difficulty in the competition. ...more

August 20, 2008

Brandon's Chris Colwill decided to leave it all in the pool of the Olympic men's 3-meter diving finals Tuesday night in Beijing by performing a list of six dives that, when combined, was the highest degree of difficulty of any of his competition. ...more

August 19, 2008

"The Forgery of Venus," by Michael Gruber (William Morrow, $25) ...more

May 25, 2008