Thanks in large part to aggressive drivers, Little Road will gain another traffic signal, according to county records. ...more

May 22, 2009

The family of a Gibsonton motorcyclist killed in a November 2007 wreck is outraged that prosecutors have dropped a DUI-manslaughter case against a Deltona man. ...more

March 18, 2009

JUMPS: FRUITCAKE HAIKU, Page 4 They are the "crack of the poetry world." ...more

December 19, 2007

With Mrs. Harvey's fruitcake as inspiration, writers achieve a "fabjous" literary world. ...more

December 18, 2007

Referring to the dozens of traffic lights in Sebring-Avon Park U.S. 27 area and north on U.S. 27, the use of sensors to prevent the running of red lights will create other problems: mainly motorists like myself will either continually slam on brakes on yellow to avoid a possible ticket or alternately drive at 20 mph in order to stop within the three seconds allowed on yellow before the red light. Almost all U.S. 27 lights change to yellow when I approach within 140 yards of them and three seconds is not enough time to make it through the red. As a retiree on a fixed pension, I cannot just work overtime to pay any traffic fine. A traffic ticket to seniors means no food for weeks to pay any fines or the loss of the car, and so no means to get food in. My solution is to drive very slow, in order to stop within three seconds, but unfortunately I must drive in the fast outside lanes to avoid transport trucks (most of them cannot stop and do not stop for these red lights) from crashing into my car at the rear, and most trucks travel the inside lanes. ...more

December 2, 2007