LAND O' LAKES - Starting times will change for more than half the public schools in Pasco County come August. ...more

May 23, 2009

The Lightning will keep the starting time for Saturday's home opener against Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ...more

October 8, 2008

Thank you Mr. Ludacer for serving as a U.S. Navy radar observer and currently as a self -appointed lookout to express your concerns about things you feel could endanger our country; specifically you're repetitious letters condemning the "Patriot Act." Time changes everything including our methods of defense. I think everyone would agree that a good form of covert intelligence, if it were available then, would have been a much more effective defense than radar or lookouts, even as far back as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

February 7, 2008

With the first-quarter moon occuring last Monday at 10:18 a.m., the daytime bite today and Thursday should prove to be better than it has been the last few weeks. Barometric pressure forecasts predict a steady gradual drop over the next four days, and this means fish feeding migration increases in duration and intensity during the weather pattern. On Monday, the barometric pressure reached 30.32 inches of mercury (inHg), causing fish to migrate to deeper areas for longer periods. Atmospheric pressure increased, multiplied the hydraulic pressure, which resulted in suspended dormant fish. ...more

December 19, 2007

SEBRING — Yeah, yeah, yeah. Spring forward, fall back. We all get an extra hour of sleep. But some folks, like Richard Duvigneaud, would be more pleased if the federal government would just quit fooling around with the time. "Since you asked, I detest Daylight-Savings Time," said Duvigneaud, of Sebring. "It adds more time to peoples' evenings in summer, where it should stay. "The extension to daylight-savings time is ridiculous," he said. Starting in 2007, the federal Energy Policy Act extended DST a month, beginning on the second Sunday in March and ending on the first Sunday in November, instead of the last Sunday in October. ...more

November 3, 2007