Deputy Kristy Udagawa got her first glimpse of community involvement at a recent meeting of the Keystone Civic Association. ...more

January 24, 2008

Not much rivals the energy level inside Gracie Tampa when one of the school's fighters is days away from a mixed martial arts fight. ...more

January 12, 2008

2008 Daily Spring Training Schedule ...more

January 10, 2008

PORT ST. LUCIE - Internet traffic is going to be heavy this week if an egg hatches from a tree in a Port St. Lucie community. ...more

January 7, 2008

As the Legislature cut $1 billion from Florida's budget last year, one lawmaker wanted the state to sell one of its three planes to save $200,000 annually. ...more

January 7, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing to stop the federal government from approving an agreement between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that will allow expanded gambling at Indian casinos. ...more

December 21, 2007

Senate Republicans formally and unanimously elected Sen. Jeff Atwater as the chamber's president-designate if the GOP maintains its majority after the 2008 election. Republicans now have a 26-14 advantage. ...more

December 12, 2007

Victor Johnson paid a registered nurse $1,000 a week to take care of him while he waited for terminal cancer to take its course. ...more

December 8, 2007

There are several retired couples in our community who have resided out of state for all of their lives and own villas in our community. Many spent six months up North and six months in our community every year. They all own homes or condominiums in other states, to which they return every summer. ...more

November 24, 2007

SEBRING — In 2005, when Gilbert Santavenere moved to Sebring from Connecticut, the taxes on his house were $2,200 a year. Since the previous owner had a homestead exemption, Santavenere expected the taxes to go up to $2,800. "It ended up being $3,500 a year," Santavenere said. In a nutshell, that's the problem with Florida's property tax system, something the Florida Legislature tried to correct Monday when it passed a constitutional amendment that will lower ad valorem taxes an average of $240 per homeowner. Voters can grant final approval of the bill on Jan. 29, at the same time they cast ballots in the presidential primary. The measure includes variations of two planks in Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign platform last year: doubling the $25,000 exemption for homeowners and letting them take the 3 percent Save Our Homes cap when they move. ...more

October 31, 2007