Authorities say an Orange City police officer who was injured when a suicidal gunman shot up his cruiser will lose his left eye. ...more

March 27, 2009

Weeki Wachee Springs Will Be Better Than Ever On Nov. 1, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection became the proud new owner of Weeki Wachee Springs, joining the other 160 parks in the State Park Service. The date was agreed upon as a result of the Feb. 18 signing at a price of just a couple of "fins!" ...more

December 3, 2008

Three people died Saturday evening when a car swerved into their lane and collided with two motorcycles in Sumter County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 30, 2008

Hillsborough Community College men's basketball coach Derrick Worrels sat in the stands in the Mike House gym at Disney's Wide World of Sports, staring down at the courts below where his former players, Othello Hunter and Keith Brumbaugh, were working out in front of dozens of NBA scouts. ...more

June 23, 2008

Nearing his final year at DeLand High School, Keith Brumbaugh was rated as one of the top basketball players in the country. He had boxes of college recruitment letters, and he even considered jumping straight to the NBA. ...more

January 27, 2008

Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee seems to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed a deal for the Republican caucuses. ...more

December 26, 2007

A paratrooper from Florida in the 82nd Airborne Division died last week in Afghanistan, the division said Tuesday. ...more

October 10, 2007