Taunting the United States on its birthday, North Korea fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan early Saturday in a provocative move that some experts said might have been intended to discourage deployment of new missile defenses against the communist state. ...more

July 5, 2009

PLANT CITY City commissioners have adopted resolutions ordering demolition of two condemned buildings. ...more

March 17, 2009

The Sun 'n Lake 2009 landowner's election is over but the controversy over voting rights will linger on. Elections normally are fought on several issues; what was done wrong, what candidates would do to correct incumbents' errors and all kinds of promises of good things to come. That was not the case here. ...more

February 1, 2009

Each year, billions of people around the planet make their New Year's resolutions: promises they've made to themselves, their friends and family and society as a whole. ...more

January 30, 2009

Forget all the talk about New Year's resolutions. In January, the focus at Freedom Plaza inevitably turns in just one direction: it's almost time to "Frolic" once again! ...more

January 21, 2009

There are things that endure that are measured in hundreds of years. Other things last long enough to be measured in decades. ...more

January 15, 2009

Friday marks the official start of Girl Scout cookie sales, which means a work colleague or young sprite wearing green soon will be enticing you with an order form pushing Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Tagalongs and other favorites. ...more

January 7, 2009

Like most folks, I made up a short list of New Year's resolutions last week. When I read it over later, it struck me as funny that I started with "abs, abs, abs" and ended with "be nicer to everyone." ...more

January 4, 2009

A lot of people make resolutions this time of year, and our county, cities, towns and schools should be no exception. Of course, most people break resolutions, and by the time you read this, several are already tossed, but it's critical that our governmental entities stick to theirs. ...more

January 2, 2009

What's the point of making New Year's Resolutions, people ask. They only get broken. The Menninger Clinic in Houston offers some advice. ...more

December 31, 2008