The clerk of the circuit court may have the most responsibility of any elected official. The office is responsible for filing and recording official documents and court records, as well as conducting audits, managing the jury system, providing courtroom clerks, storing evidence, collecting fines and investing county funds, to name just a few duties. ...more

August 5, 2008

Several former residents reminisced about their naive youth as they revisited the deserted streets of the Love Canal neighborhood Friday, 30 years after a poison sludge devastated families with miscarriages and cancers and gave rise to the federal Superfund program. ...more

August 2, 2008

Recent studies show that when you check on how happy people are at various ages, the elderly generally come out ahead. ...more

July 15, 2008

Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a first-in-the-nation jury verdict that found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, rejecting a closely watched case that had been seen as a bellwether for potential lawsuits across the country. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA A Tampa couple are in the running for a $100,000 wedding courtesy of Us Magazine. They are pitted against 19 other couples from across the nation baring their lives to the public in hopes of garnering enough votes to be hitched in style. The contest is online and in living color at www.usmagazine.com/wedding-2008-top-20, and as of this morning Courtney Dempsey and Gary Courtney Jr., have garnered about 90,000 votes. ...more

June 23, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck - and the back and the head and the stomach - for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they're much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. And not just little stuff; this means ulcers, severe depression, even heart attacks. ...more

June 9, 2008

A Western wear retail landmark that survived a fire only to become vacant and languish on the market is back in business. ...more

June 3, 2008

Re: John Herbert's column, "Endanger Polar Bears? Doesn't Make Sense" in the May 27 issues of Hernando Today: ...more

May 30, 2008

The Weather Channel and news headlines tell us daily that the incidence of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and typhoons are increasing around the world. The average temperature on the earth is rising, and the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. ...more

May 27, 2008

Amy Chase started feeding Similac Organic infant formula to her second son, Amos, as soon as he was born in November 2006. ...more

May 23, 2008