In this season filled with firsts, the Tampa Bay Rays and its fans savored yet another novelty Monday afternoon: a party in the postseason. ...more

September 29, 2008

The Bucs ended practice in prayer Wednesday, with 60 players and more than two dozen coaches and staff members kneeling, heads bowed, for a family member who never got the chance to kick a football. ...more

September 25, 2008

History Is Always 20/20 Much has been said in this newspaper and others blaming President Bush for everything that goes wrong not only in the U.S. but worldwide. I would only ask those who are rabidly anti-Bush and anti-Republican to answer one question: Could you have done the job differently? ...more

September 7, 2008

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday after the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. ...more

September 5, 2008

They came to praise the Lord and say goodbye to a dear friend. Bell Shoals Baptist Church's 3,450-seat sanctuary was crammed full as members and friends joined in an emotional celebration of the life of Simeon Nix, the congregation's minister of music and worship. ...more

August 27, 2008

There goes that last chance to sleep in. But it's worth it. Just in time for the start of the 2008 - 09 school year, Calvary Chapel Worship Center, 6825 Trouble Creek Road, will have its annual school supply giveaway, at 8:05 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. ...more

August 16, 2008

Todd Bentley, the pierced, tattooed, T-shirted evangelist who has drawn thousands of people and brought international attention to revivals in Lakeland, will end his stint this weekend. ...more

August 13, 2008

Todd Bentley, the pierced, tattooed, T-shirted evangelist who has drawn thousands of people and brought international attention to revivals in Lakeland, will end his stint this weekend in Lakeland. ...more

August 12, 2008

Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering JFK, has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy. ...more

August 8, 2008

They gave sheets and towels, plates and silverware. Some pledged beds and couches. Others parted with cash or volunteered their time. ...more

July 22, 2008