Adel Wilson wrote a letter expressing dismay that a liquor store was opening next to Lake Placid Middle School in "the Bible Belt town of Lake Placid." ...more

September 22, 2009

County workers voted by a 3-1 margin Wednesday night to join Teamsters Local 79. "It's been a long time coming," said Jim "J.D." Worley, a seven-year employee who works at the county's landfill. "We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with the union." ...more

March 6, 2009

Maybe you or a loved one has a new medical concern. Maybe you are facing an unfamiliar financial situation. Maybe you find yourself out of work for the first time in a long time or you think you may be there soon and need to dust off your job-hunting skills. ...more

January 24, 2009

Bundle up, snuggle up and get comfortable, because it's going to get cold outside tonight, Wednesday, and Wednesday night into Thursday. ...more

January 20, 2009

How sour is the public mood? An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found about half of people believe 2008 was one of the worst years in American history. At times, Abraham Lincoln's lament has seemed apt, "We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read." ...more

January 3, 2009

The business software company Sage Software has started a second round of layoffs in Tampa Bay. Sage operates a medical software operation in Tampa, and in July cut 135 workers, bringing ranks there to about 365 workers now. ...more

December 3, 2008

PALM BEACH COUNTY – Two tornados touched down this morning in Palm Beach County, damaging a business and a home, but no injuries were reported as Tropical Storm Fay moved across the state. ...more

August 19, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- Go to any decent sized mall and you can expect to be able to buy certain things: clothing, greeting cards, home furnishings, cell phones, jewelry, lotions, notions and various bric-a-brac. At Gulf View Square, shoppers can purchase something not found at most shopping centers, a chance to defy gravity as the payload in a human slingshot. ...more

August 1, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- Police and Cycadia Cemetery officials would like to know who stole a 75-pound marble sphere from atop a monument in the municipal graveyard. The 71-year old marker that was vandalized is a memorial to Viola Keeney Beekman. She donated property to start the cemetery in 1887. ...more

July 9, 2008

Some clergy think churches should divorce themselves from the wedding business. ...more

July 5, 2008