On April 2 you reported on Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed purchase of 72,500 acres of U.S. Sugar land near the Everglades ("Recession Decimates Everglades Land Deal," front page). ...more

April 9, 2009

As far as Bishop McLaughlin coach John Yaratch is concerned, Monday's 10-0 loss to Tampa Catholic is what it will take to elevate the level of softball for the Hurricanes. ...more

March 12, 2009

Randy Nowak told a judge today that he never wanted any harm to come to the IRS officer he tried to have killed. ...more

March 5, 2009

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

Randy Nowak of Mulberry says a friend he loved like a brother manipulated him into hiring a hit man to kill an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer. ...more

December 17, 2008

As Randy Nowak was meeting with an undercover agent he thought was a hit man, the Internal Revenue Service officer Nowak wanted dead went into hiding, according to evidence presented this morning in Nowak's trial. ...more

December 16, 2008

Alyssa Brandt could smile after Saturday's state cross country meet at Little Everglades Ranch. ...more

November 29, 2008

Mitchell High's Kelli Williams proved she can conquer the grueling sand course at Polk Community College as she finished sixth in the Class 4A-Region 2 cross country meet. She ran a 20:21 and was the only Mitchell girl to win a trip to the 4A state meet today at Little Everglades Ranch. ...more

November 22, 2008

A group of South Shore residents willingly signed themselves up for boot camp. ...more

October 22, 2008

Second place felt a lot like first Saturday for Jessica Furst. The Wesley Chapel junior ran a 20:02, while Lake Region's Sidney Devore won the girls race with a time of 18 minutes, 52 seconds at the Gator Invitational cross country meet at Crews Lake Park. ...more

October 18, 2008