March 7, 2009 ...more

March 7, 2009

Jan. 24, 2009 ...more

January 24, 2009

DADE CITY Rummage Sale Funds Scholarships The Echebucsassa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will have a rummage sale to benefit the group's high school scholarship fund. The sale will be at the Kumquat Festival in Dade City on Jan. 31 in the parking lot of the American Eagle Antiques on Seventh Street, behind Wachovia Bank. If you have useable items to donate, call (813) 788-1431 or (352) 567-7771. ...more

January 24, 2009

Along the National Mall in Washington, off Independence Avenue near Seventh Street, there once stood a building known as the Yellow House. According to Jesse Holland's "Black Men Built the Capitol," it appeared from the outside like other dwellings. In the basement, with iron bars on the windows and rings in the floor for chains, and in a yard enclosed by a 12-foot wall, enslaved humans were kept and sold. ...more

January 18, 2009

Religious freedom in the United States was never planned by the colonial settlers; it was something that just happened. Nonetheless, said Rev. Charles Weaver, assistant to the bishop of the United Methodist Church's Florida conference, religious freedom is something for which we should be grateful. ...more

November 27, 2008

About 100 members of a local group can boast of a family heritage that is as old as the United States. ...more

September 16, 2008

Grazing in a pasture off Old Hopewell Road, a herd of speckled cattle sporting splendid horns and distinguished bloodlines serve as a living monument to 400 years of Florida history. ...more

February 20, 2008

An investigator in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office logged on to the Internet recently to prove a point. ...more

February 18, 2008

An investigator in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office logged on to the Internet recently to prove a point. ...more

February 18, 2008

Durant High School's drama department, under the direction of Edward Mason, will present "Pillow Talk" at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the school's auditorium, 4748 Cougar Path. ...more

February 4, 2008