Megan Gibson (41-2) threw a seven-hitter and Kelsey Spittler squeezed a line-drive triple just inside the right-field line to send Texas A&M past top-seeded Florida 1-0 in nine innings and into the Women's College World Series finals. ...more

June 2, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Michelle Charles, founder of Safety Animated, drives through town, her car filled with 42-inch-tall safety signs. ...more

February 2, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Michelle Charles, founder of Safety Animated, drives through town, her car filled with 42-inch-tall safety signs. ...more

January 26, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Michelle Charles, founder of Safety Animated, drives through town, her car filled with 3-foot-tall safety signs. ...more

January 24, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands Little Theatre patrons will have a chance to decide for themselves whether bread should be buttered from the bottom or top in its latest production. Performances of "Suessical the Musical" at the intimate local venue will run from Jan. 18 to Feb. 2. A cast of almost 40 actors will examine the buttering question, along with several intriguing other issues from the mischievous and playful slant of children's book author Dr. Suess. The book is by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and the music is by Flaherty. Play director Mike McMillian said before Thursday's dress rehearsal that the two-hour musical (including intermission) isn't just for kids. Adult themes concerning the environment, racism, war and non-traditional families might fly over the heads of the younger crowd, said McMillian, though kids and their parents will both be wowed by seeing more than 20 Suess books colorfully interpreted through 30 songs. ...more

January 12, 2008

Armed with maps, charts and markers, the 331 people seated at tables set up in right field talked about what to do with Tropicana Field if it's torn down. ...more

January 10, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

December 31, 2007

This is not a feel-good story because this is not a story about Earnest Graham or Greg White or anyone like them. ...more

December 26, 2007

F 2-4, S47, Tebow, T. pass incomplete to Rutledge, E. ...more

November 21, 2007

AVON PARK — "Everyone showed up but our girls." Those words leapt from a dejected Kim Crawford, who watched helplessly as her South Florida Community College volleyball team squandered its first chance at the playoffs since 1999, falling to St. Petersburg College in a three-set sweep (30-28, 30-24, 30-20) on Thursday. "I'm super disappointed in the way we played, or didn't play," Crawford said. "There was a buzz around campus for the first time. People painted their cars and we had the fans painted in the stands to cheer us on. "We had the perfect setting. If we win, we're in, and it was on our home floor with our home crowd. Everyone showed up except our girls." ...more

October 13, 2007