Air Force fighter pilot Bill Moran wrote in his diary about a premonition he had. He feared he wouldn't make it back from one of the 28 missions he flew during World War II. ...more

June 29, 2008

A local couple seeks to make their dream home one of the strongest and most environmentally friendly in the state. ...more

June 15, 2008

Bill Munz, a former top administrator who guided county growth during a critical decade, died Sunday of liver cancer. He was 56. ...more

June 3, 2008

The squall line that blew through Central Florida on Monday couldn't have had lousier timing. Not only did it declare, in soaking fashion, a startling end to a week's worth of chamber of commerce weather, it did so in lock step with the high school bands marching down Seventh Street to proclaim the start of the 61st Pasco County Fair, reducing their traditional trumpeting to so much brass-plated gargling. ...more

February 21, 2008

Midway through last season, it seemed a given that the Rays would spend the winter looking for a more established everyday alternative to Dioner Navarro behind the plate. ...more

February 9, 2008

The searchers had gone over the field once. It seemed unlikely that anything else would turn up. It was dark and rainy. Amid the awesome wreckage of the tornado that had just passed they'd found three dead. Some bodies had been flung hundreds of feet from their homes, landing in tangles of branches and across the roadway. ...more

February 7, 2008

In their pregame huddles, both coaches counted on their seniors for leadership. Calvary Christian (15-5-2) had eight seniors on their squad, led by 40-goal scorer Greg McClimans. Bishop McLaughlin (7-6-6), the No. 1 seed, had only three seniors - Matt Gronau, James Christiansen and James McCarragher - but they accounted for more than 80 percent of the team's scoring. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - A Michigan doctor has pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he was paid to write more than 12,000 illicit prescriptions for more than 40,000 doses of the drug phentermine, according to court filings. ...more

January 11, 2008

GAINESVILLE - University of Florida safeties coach John "Doc" Holliday has accepted a job with the West Virginia University, Holliday's wife, Diana, said in a report from the Independent Florida Alligator. ...more

January 10, 2008

The Arizona Cardinals did not have a losing season. That's not headline news for most teams, but it's the first time the Cardinals have managed it in nine years. ...more

December 31, 2007