Fresh from its promising LMP1 debut in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, de Ferran Motorsports is gearing up for the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on Saturday. ...more

March 30, 2009

In World War I, the flying ace known as the Red Baron racked up 80 confirmed kills before he was shot down in 1918. ...more

March 28, 2009

Fat dog sends golf cart to bottom of pool. ...more

March 27, 2009

County Airport Director Don Silvernell gets up around 4 a.m. most weekdays to prepare for the 60-minute trek from his Palm Harbor home to his office. ...more

October 19, 2008

We all know that Florida is famous for its hurricanes, oranges and mosquitoes. But Florida is also well known for its agriculture. ...more

October 8, 2008

The fall gardening season is getting into full swing. Need ideas? ...more

October 1, 2008

The summer vacation season began this year with Americans behind the wheel less. In all, we drove 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than a year earlier, the biggest monthly decrease in a downward trend that began in November. ...more

August 14, 2008

With gas prices soaring to record highs and approval ratings for Congress hovering in the low 20s, there is great temptation for members of Congress to do something. Anything that appears constructive will do, thank you. This apparently is what Sen. John Warner, R-Va., had in mind last week when he suggested the country could save energy by lowering the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour. The idea is a throwback to the 1970s, a piece of nostalgia that isn't worth revisiting. ...more

July 22, 2008

Florida recently marked the one-year anniversary of deadly tornadoes that swept the central part of the state, killing 21 people in a heart-wrenching display of devastation. ...more

February 21, 2008

Florida's wild hog population is here to stay. The hogs are incessantly hungry, plowing the forest floor with their tusks for any and all things remotely edible. More swift and stealthy than their domestic cousins, they are masters of evasion, exacting great effort from those who would hunt or trap them. ...more

December 15, 2007