While making his way through Oak Grove United Methodist Cemetery, Zachary Bryant wore a gray shirt that read ARMY, dark black sunglasses and blue rubber gloves. ...more

April 8, 2009

While making his way through Oak Grove United Methodist Cemetery, Zachary Bryant wore a gray shirt that read ARMY, dark black sunglasses and blue rubber gloves. ...more

April 8, 2009

Manager Joe Maddon said after Wednesday night's game that telling pitcher David Price he was being optioned to Triple-A Durham today wasn't difficult. ...more

March 26, 2009

Life is fragile and precious. Each day is a gift to be maximized and treasured, because it could be your last. We all know that, but we tend to forget it until some sobering reminder hits us unaware. Recently, we've taken several direct hits. ...more

March 22, 2009

I am a board member of our homeowners association and am concerned about the possibility of bad or illegal business practices. ...more

March 22, 2009

It's time. It's time for Bobby Bowden, who is Florida State athletics, to do a far, far better thing, which is saying something given all he has given FSU, college football and plain folk everywhere. ...more

March 7, 2009

The news release, written by Billy Turner himself, was only six paragraphs. That hardly seemed adequate to encapsulate a half-century of accomplishments, a half-century of memories. But the first sentence was perfect. It has been a great life! ...more

March 6, 2009

Considering my chosen profession, it should come as no surprise that I spend a lot of time reading newspapers. I might even spend a little too much time doing so. Lately, it's becoming more and more difficult for me to scan the headlines and the big stories of the day without feeling my blood pressure rise. As each day goes by, it seems like the America I was born into and grew to dearly love is slipping away. ...more

March 4, 2009

Frances DiPietro of New Port Richey has second thoughts about giving money to street people after being asked: "Do you have any more? I almost have enough to buy six hits of Vicodin." ...more

February 28, 2009

Philip Morris was ordered by a jury to pay $8 million in damages to the widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer in a case that could set a standard for some 8,000 similar Florida lawsuits. ...more

February 18, 2009