SEBRING — Highlands Little Theatre patrons will have a chance to decide for themselves whether bread should be buttered from the bottom or top in its latest production. Performances of "Suessical the Musical" at the intimate local venue will run from Jan. 18 to Feb. 2. A cast of almost 40 actors will examine the buttering question, along with several intriguing other issues from the mischievous and playful slant of children's book author Dr. Suess. The book is by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and the music is by Flaherty. Play director Mike McMillian said before Thursday's dress rehearsal that the two-hour musical (including intermission) isn't just for kids. Adult themes concerning the environment, racism, war and non-traditional families might fly over the heads of the younger crowd, said McMillian, though kids and their parents will both be wowed by seeing more than 20 Suess books colorfully interpreted through 30 songs. ...more

January 12, 2008

Several Hernando Christian Academy senior basketball players came to athletic director Mike Drummond with an idea. ...more

December 27, 2007

Ben Hartman kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to give East Carolina a 41-38 win over No. 24 Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl on Sunday night. ...more

December 24, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The Bishop McLaughlin football program has withdrawn from Class 1B-District 6 and will play as an independent, according to a letter from athletic director Mike Zelenka and football coach Marty Williams. ...more

December 11, 2007

When Bishop McLaughlin athletic director Mike Zelenka suddenly had to assume girls soccer coaching duties again just before the start of the season, he envisioned a whole host of problems. ...more

December 11, 2007

The Justice Department and the CIA's internal watchdog on Saturday announced a joint inquiry into the spy agency's destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists, as the latest scandal to rock U.S. intelligence gathered steam. ...more

December 9, 2007

Disabled people who rely on Pasco County's on-call paratransit service to get around will have to dig deeper to pay for rides. ...more

November 30, 2007

The U.S. government spent $43.5 billion on intelligence in 2007, according to the first official disclosure under a new law implementing recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission. ...more

October 31, 2007

this time staging a fake news conference where staffers, not real reporters, asked questions about the California wildfires. ...more

October 31, 2007

Just what Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer needs. After a 41-17 loss at Alabama, which dropped the Volunteers to 4-3 (2-2 in the SEC East), Fulmer gets a visit from his old nemesis, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. ...more

October 27, 2007