State Sen. Michael Fasano is taking Pinellas County to task for failing to implement a program he shepherded through the Legislature. County officials should continue to take their time. ...more

November 14, 2009

State workers are grateful to be employed. The current unemployment rate is not lost on them. For three years now state workers have received no raises. Now the Legislature is considering how much more to cut their pay. ...more

April 21, 2009

Mitchell High School left-hander Patrick Schuster pitched his fourth consecutive no-hitter tonight in a 5-0 win over Pasco. ...more

April 20, 2009

The board overseeing Florida's 11 public universities approved an agreement Thursday designed to protect the financial stability of the schools as well as the state's prepaid tuition program in the face of significant tuition increases expected in the next few years. ...more

February 27, 2009

The youthfulness and inexperience of the Avon Park softball squad has appeared at inopportune times this season. ...more

February 22, 2009

Anreka Bristol scored 14 points and Morissa Davis had 10 more on Friday night and the Booker girls basketball team's defensive pressure rattled host Avon Park in a 55-49 victory in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. ...more

February 6, 2009

Paulette Daley couldn't hide her anxiety before Avon Park's quarterfinal match against Palmetto on Tuesday, as she was busy doing the team laundry in the bowels of the Devils gym. ...more

February 5, 2009

Beonca Godfrey scored a game-high 10 points to lead Avon Park to a 58-26 rout of Palmetto in the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament on Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2009

State Farm has been charging some of the highest rates in Florida, but they would have us believe they are presently losing $20 million each month? How can they possibly be losing $20 million each month? From homeowner claims? No hurricanes! No earthquakes! No tsunamis! No Florida communities destroyed by raging wildfires! ...more

February 2, 2009

Johnequa Perry scored a game-high 13 points and Ja'mee Hawthorne chipped in 12 points as the Avon Park girls basketball team defeated Fort Meade 51-34 in a non-district match-up on Thursday. ...more

January 17, 2009