International touring group Up with People arrived Monday for its first visit to Dade City. ...more

March 5, 2009

International touring group Up With People arrives today for its first visit to Dade City. The weeklong visit culminates Friday and Saturday with a pair of concerts at Saint Leo University. ...more

March 2, 2009

Health Care Conundrum Re: Health care costly issue for candidates in the Oct. 7 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

October 16, 2008

Will Smith's soon-to-open private school is not a Scientology facility, as some reports have suggested, the academy's director said. ...more

July 1, 2008

America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released Monday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship. More than 40 percent of respondents told pollsters that they had changed their religious affiliation since childhood. ...more

February 26, 2008

SEBRING — A rumor that he wouldn't run for a third term in the Florida Senate is not true, J.D. Alexander confirmed Wednesday. "I have every intention of running," said Alexander, R-Lake Wales. So far, he's the only candidate who's filed in District 17, but others, including Denise Grimsley, are keeping their eyes on the race. On Nov. 20, the Lakeland Ledger ran a five-paragraph story. "Rumors continue in Tallahassee that Alexander may not run in 2008," the Ledger reported. "Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, and Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Lake Placid, want to run for the Senate seat if Alexander doesn't run. But they don't want to wait until the week of qualifying in June of 2008 to find out if he is really pulling out. By then it could be too short of time to raise the amount of money needed and to campaign for the Aug. 26 party primary." ...more

November 30, 2007