Eric Sorenson and Jared Christopherson walk the streets of Temple Terrace with confidence. ...more

February 9, 2008

A visitor asked a direct question the other day to the new men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida. And he got a direct answer. ...more

February 3, 2008

Durant High's boys basketball team has looked the part of a group missing its star player. The Cougars lost the first four games without A.J. Garden. ...more

January 23, 2008

Dog's Peaceful Goodbye Normally in this space, letters appear to voice a complaint, take a stand on a matter or respond to an article. This letter is written for a totally different reason: to publicly thank some very special people for the caring, understanding and compassion shown us through a very difficult time. ...more

January 21, 2008

If anything, this sex offender and all other sex offenders who have involved a child in their sex crimes should have to pay double, if for no other reason than what has gone on in their minds and will, most likely, continue to go on in their minds in regards to children and their sex crimes. ...more

January 1, 2008

President Nicolas Sarkozy stood firm against spreading strikes Tuesday, insisting he will not water down plans for a thorough overhaul of France, even as civil servants joined the walkouts and thousands of protesters took to the streets. ...more

November 21, 2007

Thanks goes to Victor and Beverly Bondonna of Sebring, for without them none of this would be possible Beverly received a call from me months ago out of the blue and accepted my request without hesitation, a selfless act of kindness and love that we are sincerely grateful for. I have no other way to repay her or her husband, but through this letter. What they have done for me and my family goes beyond words and thanks to their compassion and kindness. They helped make the impossible, possible and forever changed our lives. For this we will be forever and always sincerely grateful. They stepped up to the plate in our hour of desperation and gave my children and my granddaughter the greatest gift, the gift of a future, not monetarily or even materially, but an all encompassing future, for that we offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. ...more

November 16, 2007

There was a time when Spencer Smith's life could be summed up by three things: training, racing and winning. And considering this chiseled Englishman seemed to capture about every triathlon title in sight - including back-to-back senior world championships - it was easy to understand why he was so focused on this demanding sport. ...more

November 9, 2007

SEBRING — The high school gym would've been quiet on Saturday, had it not been for Ashley Waldon and Anna West. ...more

October 22, 2007

CLEARWATER BEACH - Surrounded by dozens of beachgoers, a 120-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Charlie Brown returned to the Gulf of Mexico this morning after a trip in the back of a pickup from Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The rehabilitated turtle, whose age and sex were not known, was found four months ago near Honeymoon Island in an emaciated condition and with a serious infection. ...more

October 17, 2007