Bode Miller's bid for Olympic history ended early Saturday when he skied off course just 8 seconds into his final event. ...more

February 28, 2010

The conventional wisdom is that former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom did the state a favor by deciding last Sunday night to resign his seat in the House rather than be hauled before his peers to answer ethics complaints. In our mind, the state lost a chance for a valuable civics lesson. ...more

February 27, 2010

Your editorial in last Sunday's paper, "Return common sense to class-size reduction" (Our Opinion), is to be commended, but it could have been more forceful. The combination of requiring many more teachers to satisfy the smaller class-size requirements while the country experiences an acute teacher shortage must result in acquiring more teachers of lesser ability. Although that will increase dues-paying members for the teachers' unions, it will lower the quality of teaching children. ...more

February 4, 2010

Last year, counselors with the AARP Tax Aide program studied a half page of new tax law information. This year, the number of pages of new tax code they needed to review ballooned to eight. So while it may be a complicated year for tax payers, those living in Kings Point and Sun City Center have free tax help just around the corner. ...more

February 3, 2010

There will be plenty to do this weekend when the 73rd Highlands County Fair opens starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Firemen's Field, in Sebring. ...more

January 20, 2010

Two old quarterbacks with golden resumes and ageless arms took the field Sunday night. Kurt Warner was marvelous, Brett Favre was miserable. ...more

December 7, 2009

A tape breakdown of the Bucs' victory against the Packers revealed that Green Bay defensive coordinator Dom Capers took it rather easy on Tampa Bay rookie quarterback Josh Freeman last Sunday. ...more

November 12, 2009

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Donald Driver practiced Friday and are probably for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. ...more

November 6, 2009

When No. 1 Florida looks back on this season, Halloween week could be the one that stands out. ...more

November 2, 2009

Larry Johnson's agent said he and the Kansas City Chiefs agreed Saturday night to cut the running back's two-week suspension in half, saving him more than $300,000. ...more

November 1, 2009