Springstead distance runners Mirelys Pizarro and Taylor Tuomey accept offers from Minot State University in North Dakota. ...more

March 22, 2009

With "Auld Lang Syne" cued for its moment in the midnight spotlight and stemware - brimming with the first year's batch of Florida Estate Winery special-edition, kumquat-infused champagne - raised high, it is time to bid adieu to 2009, an interesting year, to say no more. ...more

December 31, 2008

Before double Doppler, computer-crafted weather forecasting and satellites with names like TRMM and QuikSCAT, there was folklore. ...more

October 16, 2008

About 100 members of a local group can boast of a family heritage that is as old as the United States. ...more

September 16, 2008

Hernando County commissioners find themselves in the unenviable position of having to tighten their financial belts and suck it in as they face the hard truth that the money stream has dried up. ...more

August 31, 2008

Actually in the old Abbott and Costello routine, Who's on first and What's on second. But here I'm editorializing a bit, as in "Who came second?" ...more

July 12, 2008