Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer, but holiday celebrations that were to include water activities on and around the St. Johns River are shaping up to be ones worth forgetting. ...more

August 31, 2008

When the youth pastor at First United Methodist Church left that position, church member Janell Lockhart was one of the parents who stepped in to help fill the gap, said pastor Rick Cabot. ...more

August 30, 2008

A new poll shows Floridians are satisfied with the state's efforts to protect them when tropical storm winds blow. ...more

August 30, 2008

A Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey indicates Floridians have warm and fuzzy feelings about their government's ability to protect them when tropical storm winds blow. ...more

August 29, 2008

Perhaps there are many others who did just as we should have this past weekend and early days of the week in getting ready for what could have been a hurricane. I took down and put away anything that could have become a projectile and basically cleaned up my back yard, which was in great need of being cleaned up. But just as we are a bit angry at the work we put into getting ready for what turned out to be not much more than some rather heavy rain showers, we are just as thankful for all the rain Tropical Storm Fay dumped onto our lawns and lakes. ...more

August 29, 2008

By the weekend, Florida could be bracketed by hurricanes as one churns through the Gulf of Mexico and another meanders in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

August 28, 2008

Almost as soon as the polls closed, the phone started ringing inside the counting room at the Highlands County Election Office. ...more

August 28, 2008

Even though Tropical Storm Fay veered away from Pasco County – twice – last week, the storm still cost the county about $60,000 in expenses, county commissioners learned today. No property damage has been reported to the county, James Martin, Pasco's director of emergency management, told commissioners at their meeting this morning. ...more

August 27, 2008

Just before 7 a.m. Aug. 18, Evi Gonzalez and his wife, Marlen, sat waiting for assistance in the Reddick Elementary School office. With them were their sons Ryan, 6, and Evi Jr., 5. ...more

August 27, 2008

When the youth pastor at First United Methodist Church left that position, church member Janell Lockhart was one of the parents who stepped in to help fill the gap, said pastor Rick Cabot. ...more

August 27, 2008