WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. ...more

October 15, 2008

Jill Andrew will be ready to rock when it's her turn to scale the climbing wall. And when they roll out the logic puzzles, look out. ...more

October 15, 2008

Jill Andrew will be ready to rock when it's her turn to scale the climbing wall. And when they roll out the logic puzzles, look out. ...more

October 15, 2008

A Lowry Elementary homework assignment had fifth-graders baking cookies for senior citizens, picking up trash on beaches and making goody bags for cancer patients during treatment. ...more

October 15, 2008

A Lowry Elementary homework assignment had fifth-graders baking cookies for senior citizens, picking up trash on beaches and making goody bags for cancer patients during treatment. ...more

October 15, 2008

The $700 billion financial rescue package did nothing to avert stock market meltdowns and perhaps a worldwide recession, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney told business leaders Wednesday in Sebring and Avon Park. ...more

October 9, 2008

In a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Highlands County commissioners took the first step toward raising the low-income senior citizens exemption on a homestead home from $5,000 to $15,000. ...more

October 8, 2008

Brown-Waite No Friend Of Hernando County ...more

October 1, 2008

The second time around was even quicker than the first. Thursday's final budget hearing attracted about 40 people - mostly county department heads and staffers - to the government center and lasted all of 15 minutes. ...more

September 26, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's detectives are investigating a twist on an old robbery scam, this one involving thieves claiming they were hired to remove poisonous snakes from a homeowner's property. ...more

September 26, 2008