Adel Wilson wrote a letter expressing dismay that a liquor store was opening next to Lake Placid Middle School in "the Bible Belt town of Lake Placid." ...more

September 22, 2009

A 54-year-old Largo man ran his vehicle into a Largo church over the weekend in an attempt to kill himself and be closer to Jesus, Largo police said. ...more

June 29, 2009

Prosecutors have dropped a case against a woman accused of stealing three large drawings from Mark Lunsford, the father of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford who was kidnapped and killed in 200 ...more

June 7, 2009

Three men. Hundreds of marijuana plants. One big bust. ...more

March 26, 2009

So Dale Gillis (Christianity vs. Rapturism, March 3) has concluded that since some so-called "Rapturists" are reading "The Secrets of Enoch" (which almost no one considers authoritative), all belief in the Rapture is bogus. Does anyone else see a rending of the laws of logic here? It matters little that a trifling handful of so-called Rapturists (who believe that Jesus will one day remove his church from the Earth before cleansing and preparing it for his return to rule and reign) are wacky in other areas. That doesn't cancel the orthodoxy of a belief they rightly maintain in another. Indeed, a huge component of biblical Christianity has long been convinced that passages such as 1 Thes' 4:15-17 speak clearly of a gathering of God's people, dead and alive, out of the world to be "with the Lord" prior to the cataclysmic judgments of the Tribulation. The Apostle Paul believed this, and he wrote long before 1950. His followers don't typically read "The Secrets of Enoch." Nor do they deserve a tarring with Mr. Gillis' broad brush. ...more

March 10, 2009

The driver who struck a school bus Tuesday morning didn't have a driver's license, but he did possess an outstanding arrest warrant. ...more

February 18, 2009

An office door that opens into the showroom at Jarrett Ford Lincoln Mercury in Dade City is getting some attention after a vendor for the dealership noticed that the wood grain in the door has the appearance of Jesus or possibly the shroud of Turin. ...more

February 12, 2009

Here's the program for Caylee Anthony's memorial service: ...more

February 10, 2009

An office door that opens into the showroom at Jarrett Ford Lincoln Mercury in Dade City is getting some attention after a vendor for the dealership noticed that the wood grain in the door looks like Jesus or possibly the shroud of Turin. ...more

February 9, 2009

Would you join me in praying for our president? Like many of you I didn't vote for him, but none the less he is our president. He truly does have a momentous task before him and he needs our support and wisdom only God can give. He has offered a couple of things that are promising, saying that any treaty between Israel and Palestine for peace would have to stop the rockets aimed at Israel and the flow of underground arms from other countries. As I understand it, the arms are coming from Egypt through underground tunnels. So, it is easy to see, Israel is not only at war with Palestine but also with others who are contributing to the effort. We may not want to admit it but this is an underhanded, unfair conflict which is apt to get worse before it gets better. ...more

February 6, 2009