You don't necessarily need a pioneering spirit to whip up a basic, yet delicious, batch of country-style fried chicken. ...more

November 9, 2009

A grassy winding road runs off Oak Drive and leads to a faded yellow shack tucked in the woods that few would want to call home. ...more

November 6, 2009

The shrill din of teenage shrieks filling the Florida Strawberry Festival stadium Sunday night didn't sound much different from the one that might greet the Jonas Brothers. But the cheers were for Taylor Swift, and they were less adulation and more identification. ...more

March 2, 2009

You know the Super Bowl is on the way when the Naked Cowboy shows up in town. Robert Burck has made a career out of the Naked Cowboy persona. For the record, he's not actually naked; he wears underwear, cowboy boots and hat and just positions his guitar to give the impression he's nude. ...more

January 21, 2009

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are searching tonight for a 51-year-old man who has gone missing from his Palm Harbor home. ...more

January 20, 2009

Mention Branson, Mo., and most people think "country," fancy fiddling, cowboy boots and barnyard scenery. Try this instead: classical violin, sequined costumes and technical effects that might make a Broadway stage set seem antiquated. There are plenty of both with other venues that fit somewhere in between in this entertainment Mecca of the Ozarks and Freedom Plaza residents sampled a bit of it all during their recent Branson visit. ...more

November 5, 2008

What was a local man going to do when stranded in Indiana after his identity was stolen and bank accounted drained? ...more

September 26, 2008

A man stabbed Saturday while sitting on the front porch of a boarding house was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. ...more

June 23, 2008

A man stabbed Saturday night while sitting on front porch of a boarding house was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. ...more

June 22, 2008

Lifelike, wooden renderings of birds by artist Larry Tackman will take the spotlight at the annual Calusa Wood Carvers Show and Sale March 1 and 2 at Veterans Memorial Park. ...more

February 23, 2008