In lackluster economic times, not even postal workers enjoy much of a security envelope. ...more

August 21, 2008

Here comes "American Idols Live," aka America's largest cover group. Since the tour kicked off on July 1, the 10 finalists from the show's seventh season have been on the road, playing venues large and small, singing established songs that fit their various strengths and styles. ...more

August 15, 2008

Jim Gaffigan is the first to admit that his current "Sexy Tour" is just a ruse to get people in the door. ...more

August 14, 2008

A full bail hearing is to be held Friday for Luella McAdoo, the 68-year-old woman charged with forcing a mentally disabled 35-year-old to perform oral sex on her. ...more

July 16, 2008

Batista Madonia III was 400 miles away when he got the call from the alarm company: His Plant City home was on fire. ...more

July 1, 2008

PLANT CITY - More than 50 firefighters from two departments continue to battle a three-alarm blaze consuming a mansion in Walden Lake, the city's largest subdivision, fire rescue officials said. ...more

June 30, 2008

More than two decades ago, Margaret Hluch lived in Kenya and taught weaving. Area residents will get a chance to view her fiber art at a show running from Friday, June 20, through Sunday, Aug. 3, at Clay and Paper, an art gallery in Dunedin. Owners Barbara Melby-Burhans and Ira Burhans are old friends of Hluch. The three studied art at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn., in the 1980s. ...more

June 14, 2008

Big Pooh and Phonte are just like everyone else who relies on commercial airlines these days. ...more

June 12, 2008

SEBRING – The appeals of the firings of ex-county employees Treasa Handley and Jarod Lee will be heard by new Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright. But the informal hearing process won't be scheduled until after Handley's and Lee's attorney takes depositions from at least four and possibly more county employees. Attorney Jim McCollum, representing the two Office of Management and Budget employees who were fired for sending thousands of personal and inappropriate instant messages on their county computers, has not yet requested a hearing date. Their firings go back more than three months, but McCollum is not rushing to schedule the appeals hearing in front of Wright. Before any hearing is scheduled, McCollum said, he needs to get sworn statements in depositions from several high-ranking county managers and from one ex-county employee, Carl Cool. ...more

June 6, 2008

Wal-Mart has scrapped plans to build one of its supercenter grocery-discount stores at State Road 54 and Grand Boulevard, a company official said Friday. ...more

May 12, 2008