TAMPA If you ever need an example of why drinking and dialing isn't a joke and can lead to serious repercussions, consider the case of Evon Cavett. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Hardee baseball team kept lurking, and in the seventh inning on Tuesday, the Wildcats finally pounced on Avon Park, scoring three runs to steal a 4-2 Class 4A-District 10 victory over the Red Devils at Head Field. ...more

March 26, 2009

Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009

Since my letter to you regarding the problem of non-synchronized traffic lights on U.S. 27, I have also read about other people who have witnessed the same problem. Now as I understand, a mandate has been issued by the leaders in our country to conserve energy, i.e. gas, diesel, electricity and countless other things. I have noticed in the recent past that many times I have had to stop from light to light for three times in a row. Then, me and many others sit and idle away precious and dearly costing fuel. ...more

March 25, 2009

The Rays have been leaning toward Jason Hammel or Jeff Niemann as their fifth starter and sending heralded 23-year-old David Price back to Triple-A Durham for awhile. ...more

March 22, 2009

Lightning D Noah Welch sat out Saturday's game as a healthy scratch. In seven games in a Tampa Bay uniform since being acquired from Florida, Welch has not recorded a point and is a minus-5. ...more

March 22, 2009

This is a time of great doubt and uncertainty. At such a moment it is good to have something on which we can all hang our hats. Last week, the city of Oldsmar received a message on which all the hats in town could be hung: the residents of East Lake Woodlands do want to join you. ...more

March 21, 2009

A preview of Florida vs. Miami in NIT second tonight. ...more

March 20, 2009

Defending tournament champion Sean O'Hair is entering this week's Transitions Championship at Innisbrook with a completely different mind-set than a year ago. ...more

March 19, 2009

Oh yes, the temptations are here again. So far in life I have only been penalized a small bit by the temptation of getting into trying to make money with money, much like our government is doing by printing money and giving it to the banks. ...more

March 19, 2009