1A-5 WRESTLING Shark senior heavyweight J.J. Baker earns a district title pacing NCT's best-ever team finish at Citrus Springs Middle School. ...more

February 9, 2008

Macy's Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. ...more

February 7, 2008

While Republican presidential candidates battle for the votes of Floridians, the Democratic candidates, sworn not to campaign here, are battling over whether the primary matters. ...more

January 28, 2008

Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates. ...more

January 27, 2008

Maite McLeod's goal all along was to buy the Vasconia Street property, then sell it and make a tidy profit. First the market went soft. Digs for the remains of Sandra Hamby Prince aren't helping things. ...more

January 24, 2008

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee shredded his nice-guy image with a less-than-subtle effort to generate racial resentment during the presidential primary campaign in South Carolina last week. ...more

January 22, 2008

When Valrico's Michael Cherry first got invited to try out for a berth in NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program in 2006, the adventure didn't go so well. ...more

January 21, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Fred Everson. ...more

January 13, 2008

SEBRING –– Most participants in Saturday's South-Central Florida All-Star Football Classic were hoping to make one last impression on regional rivals, fellow recruits or college coaches. Little did Casey McKibben know, he'd be making a new friend to kick it with. Literally. One of two kickers on the Central squad, McKibben and fellow place-kicker Maikon Bonani of Lake Wales instantly buddied up during the week of practices, and during the game itself, the pair spent much of their time chatting about the finer points of booting the ball between kicking duties. And, according to McKibben, he had plenty to learn from Bonani, whose booming warm-up extra-point kicks –– a few of which landed on the roof of Sebring's weight room –– showed why University of Southern Florida has already signed him to play football for the Bulls. ...more

December 24, 2007

An Amtrak train was going about 25 mph over the speed limit moments before it hit a stationary freight train on the city's South Side, injuring dozens of people, federal officials said Sunday. ...more

December 3, 2007