To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: "We are not quitters." ...more

February 25, 2009

For all intents and purposes, this year's Class 5A, District 9 girls basketball tournament is expected play out how it has for the past two seasons: with Clearwater winning it all and the rest of the district rushing for runners-up status. ...more

January 31, 2009

The Lightning play their fourth of six preseason games tonight against the New York Rangers, but for all intents and purposes it might as well be the last. ...more

September 25, 2008

For all intents and purposes, Cristi Ecks was dead. For nearly three minutes on the afternoon of April 1, the University of South Florida softball pitcher's heart stopped beating. ...more

August 13, 2008

The search for a missing 41-year-old Sebring man ended Tuesday, for all intents and purposes, when deputies searched a wooded area near the Tanglewood home of his parents and discovered a man's body. ...more

July 30, 2008

This is how John Davis became a slave: He was walking one evening from the train depot in Goodwater, Ala., when a white man appeared in the road. "Nigger," he demanded, "have you got any money?" ...more

July 25, 2008

The performance by Hernando in Friday night's elimination game at the AAA Majors (ages 11-12) All-Stars District 6 Tournament at Wildwood's Millennium Park left the team's skipper, Dudley Cullum, speechless. ...more

June 30, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE BASEBALL AAA MAJORS HYL (1-2) OUSTED AFTER 3 GAMES ...more

June 27, 2008

The fate of a franchise will be determined today. Though the NHL trade deadline doesn't strike until Tuesday at 3 p.m., what direction the Lightning take will be hammered out today when prospective owner Oren Koules and some members of his group come to town to meet with Lightning general manager Jay Feaster, coach John Tortorella and player personnel director Bill Barber to discuss all things related to the state of the hockey team. ...more

February 25, 2008

Since the ups and downs in the college football polls gave us such pleasure and suspense during the season, we are now being treated to the same in the political arena. ...more

February 1, 2008