Video that appeared to show Yankees closer Mariano Rivera spitting on the ball made the Internet rounds Tuesday, with Major League Baseball saying there was no reason to consider any discipline. ...more

October 21, 2009

Signs in neighbors' yards, a petition, weeks of telephone calls and angst will culminate with a community meeting to discuss a proposed cell phone tower at Coleman Middle School. ...more

January 7, 2009

It's unlike anything else in American sports. Except for maybe no-holds-barred martial arts. ...more

November 1, 2008

It was unmistakable. ...more

August 20, 2008

SEBRING –– As far as rainfall goes, the last two weeks were rather wet for Avon Park and downright soggy for Lake Placid. So soggy, in fact, that Highlands County Lakes Association Secretary John Ruggiero said he saw the lake, Lake Placid, rise about 10 inches from two weeks ago, which is about what the Archbold Biological Station's rain gauge recorded for that time period, according to the National Weather Service. "If we could even get 5 or 6 (inches) a week, that would be a wonderful thing for the lakes in our county," Ruggiero said. For those who long for the days when they could put a boat out on Lake Jackson, "this is just a spit in the bucket," association vice president Dave McCadam said. He added that the rain patterns over the past two weeks were not that far from normal for the northern part of the county. ...more

July 6, 2008

and I usually was. ...more

May 18, 2008

Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes that they had scavenged from the dead. ...more

May 8, 2008

Who remembers the suicide fountain drink? You know, the one where you moved down the line, mixing a little blast of each delicious carbonated beverage, minus the yucky diet ones, into a big cup. ...more

December 6, 2007