When Delores Kietzer and a friend recently purchased four frozen turkeys, they never expected one to get away. ...more

November 19, 2009

Every year, Christmas holiday programming moves up a little from the traditional Thanksgiving Day kickoff. ...more

November 17, 2009

The wheels are turning for a bicycle club that rolls among the street grids and tree-canopied byways of Seminole Heights. ...more

November 16, 2009

Nazdar, We welcome to town a new shop on U.S. 41 near the yellow caution light in Masaryktown, across from the Cafe Masaryktown. The U.S. 41 Dollar Store, which opened a few weeks ago, is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. It is closed on Sunday. ...more

November 15, 2009

Church Service Center in Avon Park is now feeding 700 families a month - 25 percent more than last year. ...more

November 15, 2009

complete with a necklace of Gasparilla beads - Andy Nash of Sun City Center held nothing back when he prepared for the combined costume party and pumpkin carving contest at Freedom Plaza. ...more

November 11, 2009

Good gravy! One can almost smell the aroma of Thanksgiving preparations heating up across the county. ...more

October 26, 2009

Even a $7 billion industry can't shrug off a new economic order. The nation's harsh economic environment served as a grim backdrop for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's state-of-the-league address Friday, two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals meet in the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 30, 2009

Ever feel like you're living life in a soundtrack? Everywhere you go, whether it's the store or a ballgame or riding in your car, there is music in the background. You even get music in restaurants and little cafes. It's like we're not supposed to talk to one another anymore. ...more

December 17, 2008

Larry Johnson sat alone at a table wolfing down a plate of turkey and all the usual Thanksgiving fare. ...more

December 10, 2008