Though a lot of anglers seem to have forgotten it, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission passed a rule last fall adding February to the closed snook season on the state's west coast. The winter closure formerly had run from Dec. 15 to Jan. 31. ...more

February 6, 2008

SEBRING — Through a new legal firm, former Sun 'n Lake of Sebring interim general manager and planning director Michael "Mick" Grosh sought an employment settlement with the improvement district, claiming he was illegally terminated. A letter dated Jan. 21 to District Manager Al Grieshaber Jr., from the Disparti Law Group, P.A., in Holiday, Fla., indicated its willingness to settle and compromise with the district. The letter cites discrimination and violations of the Florida Civil Rights Act; deprivation of benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security; and violation of the Florida Whistle Blower Act. It cites discrimination due to Grosh's weight as well as an attempt to smear Grosh by reporting his district cell phone as stolen. ...more

February 5, 2008

Paula Jerkins stopped by Project Return to donate a typewriter and soon found herself cornered by one Rhoda Zusman. ...more

February 4, 2008

Media General, the parent company of The Tampa Tribune, TBO .com and WFLA, Channel 8, said Thursday that 2007 fourth-quarter profit dropped 70 percent, hurt by write-downs, one less week in the quarter and less political revenue. ...more

February 1, 2008

Hunter's Green Elementary's Calendar of Events ...more

January 30, 2008

Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. The 21-year-old actress soon will be working at a morgue as part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving, her attorney, Blair Berk, told a judge Thursday. ...more

January 19, 2008

A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 19, 2008

CLEARWATER - A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 18, 2008

A day and a half conference designed to invigorate the spiritual path for women is scheduled for early February at Idlewild Baptist Church. ...more

January 9, 2008

A day and a half conference designed to invigorate the spiritual path for women is scheduled for early February at Idlewild Baptist Church. ...more

January 5, 2008