Super Bowl hero, Pro Football Hall of Famer and college All-American - the tiny Panhandle refuge of Monticello is more than his hometown. ...more

January 29, 2009

During my youth, I developed a taste for fresh mangoes picked from my grandmother's tree in Miami. Once a year or so, a box of those tropical fruits would land on our doorstep in the Midwest. ...more

August 6, 2008

During my youth, I developed a taste for fresh mangoes picked from my grandmother's tree in Miami. Once a year or so, a box of those tropical fruits would land on our doorstep in the Midwest. ...more

August 6, 2008

When the British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 - one with a mole's fur, a duck's bill and spurs on its rear legs - he did what any skeptical scientist would do: He looked for the stitching and glue that would reveal it to be a hoax. ...more

May 8, 2008

The race for the Republican nomination is redefining what it means to be politically conservative. ...more

February 8, 2008

This season has been one long reality check for the Lightning, interrupted only occasionally by bits of hope. Like most teams do, the Bolts grab on to the hope and dismiss the reality checks with the argument, "yeah, but better days are just around the corner." ...more

January 26, 2008

Have we lost perspective when we consider the issue of providing $75 per month to Highlands County military personnel on active duty in combat zones? From a moral prospective the idea has merit. When viewed from an ethical point of view it may point to greater problems relating to administration, bookkeeping and opportunity for fraud. ...more

January 4, 2008

It was that quick. Hillsborough County Deputy Nelson Birch didn't see the sliver of metal in the jail inmate's hands until it was too late. ...more

December 22, 2007

Hillsborough County Deputy Nelson Birch is back on the job after a near-fatal attack by a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate. ...more

December 20, 2007

A property owner on Lutz-Lake Fern Road wants to secede from the Keystone-Odessa Community Plan. ...more

December 2, 2007