A wintry blast of punishing wind and more than 3 feet of snow in places pummeled the Northern Plains on Thursday, knocking out power to thousands and forcing highways to close. ...more

November 7, 2008

Health Care Conundrum Re: Health care costly issue for candidates in the Oct. 7 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

October 16, 2008

We all know about Amber Alert, the statewide system that alerts the public to missing children by putting descriptions on electronic billboards along highways. ...more

September 30, 2008

Planning for the future is important, but many of those drafting the Brandon Community Plan don't want to overlook the needs of residents who put down roots here long before growth made Brandon a bustling suburb. ...more

September 3, 2008

Conditions are worsening in southeastern Polk County. Winds are intensifying and driving rain horizontally as Tropical Storm Fay cuts a northeasterly path through the state. ...more

August 19, 2008

Sebring voters will have four choices in the Aug. 26 primary: Former commissioner Jeri Canale is running against psychologist Bruce Borkosky for the Democratic nomination, and former city councilor Jeff Carlson is challenging incumbent Andrew Jackson in the Republican primary. ...more

August 18, 2008

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

August 12, 2008

TAMPA - Torrential rain this afternoon has flooded a neighborhood in East Tampa and closed one lane of State Road 60 near U.S. 41. ...more

July 17, 2008

Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom. ...more

June 27, 2008

This subset includes tiny cars with names such as Micra, Pino, Otti and Cubic. First up the Micra, which I drove in two configurations: the four-door sedan (yep folks, these little cars can even have four doors) and the cute retractable hardtop convertible. ...more

June 21, 2008