Tonight, millions of people across the country will spend the final moments of 2008 the same way they spend the final moments of every year, staring at television screens as they watch the traditional "ball drop" in Times Square, roughly 1,000 miles away. Two friends decided there's no reason the folks in Manhattan should have all the fun. So as midnight approaches they will debut their own version of the New Year's Eve ball for a West Pasco countdown. ...more

December 31, 2008

For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the bodies of Fouty and another soldier captured in an ambush south of Baghdad had been found. ...more

July 12, 2008

Kate Waterford has loved horses since she was a young girl growing up in Washington state and spending time at her grandfather's cattle ranch. ...more

June 27, 2008

In the cool, early morning country air, Haley Fabrizio, 10, freshened up a stall and then moved on to feeding and watering horses at Waterford Stables. ...more

June 25, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: This occasional series spotlights local school administrators. This week's column features Sandra Black, principal at Springhead Elementary School, 3208 S. Nesmith Road. The school's telephone number is (813) 757-9321. ...more

January 10, 2008