The Raiders football squad has been in playoff mode for a while now, even though the postseason is still a couple of weeks away. Last Friday's trip to Durant High sure had a playoff feel to it. ...more

November 4, 2009

After a comedy career that included hosting seven cable TV series and playing clubs throughout the country, Helen Keaney changed tracks and became a host on the Home Shopping Network this past summer. ...more

March 19, 2009

It proved to be more than a joke when David Letterman said in late September that "the road to the White House runs through me." ...more

December 29, 2008

Somewhere beneath the hum of dinner conversation, the muted strains of ney flutes and harmoniums announce the show is about to begin. ...more

July 16, 2008

Belly dancing is part of the fare at Turquoise Mediterranean Grill in Plant City. ...more

July 14, 2008

Somewhere beneath the hum of dinner conversation, the muted strains of ney flutes and harmoniums announce the show is about to begin. ...more

July 12, 2008

Somewhere beneath the hum of dinner conversation, the muted strains of ney flutes and harmoniums announce the show is about to begin. ...more

July 12, 2008

Scott Kazmir didn't look right. He didn't feel right, either. His fastball rarely broke 90 mph and his pitch count in the early going made it look like it would be a short night against the Angels. ...more

May 11, 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