Zephyrhills skateboarders who don't like to follow the rules need to be taught a lesson, and a proposed ordinance that targets their wallets just might do it. ...more

January 30, 2008

GIRLS SOCCER Nature Coast graduates one senior, Brittany Allen, a 16-year-old with a 4.2 GPA. And oh yeah, she scored a goal too. ...more

January 15, 2008

Talk about icing on the cake. The Nature Coast girls' varsity soccer team hosted Central Thursday night, which also happened to be Senior Night. And not only did the 12-6-4 Sharks win 2-0, their only senior Brittany Allen, a 16-year-old with a 4.2 GPA, scored the second of two goals on the evening. ...more

January 15, 2008

It hit Derrick Brooks as he watched game film. It's Falcons week, the first of this Bucs season. Suddenly it occurred to Brooks, though he'd known all along. ...more

November 15, 2007

Here we go again. Many years ago I naively thought that our regulations and safeguards were sufficient to prevent a spill in the Alafia River. I was wrong. ...more

November 15, 2007

Sometimes you don't have to say much for the message to come through loudly. So it was late Saturday afternoon, shortly after Illinois' 28-21 upset of top-ranked Ohio State was complete. ...more

November 13, 2007

Behind Plant coach Bob Weiner, wedged between assistants, and tucked behind a sales job that keeps him on the road for 80 percent of each week, is one of the most underpaid, and, as Weiner said, "revered" members of Plant's football program. ...more

November 1, 2007

Dear Abby: I am a 17-year-old high school senior. My parents and I don't get along. I swear to goodness that they hate me, plus they don't trust a single thing that I do. I am about to ship out for training in the Army, and I will be gone six months. ...more

September 9, 2007