Archive for July, 2009
New twist to golf — We see the light
By at 31 July, 2009, 7:45 am
Guess shooting a ball through the clown’s mouth isn’t enough any more. So someone came up with black light miniature golf. When the lights go off, the black lights come on and everything glows! Wooooeeee! If that’s your idea of excitement, head to Lunar Mini Golf in the Lakeland Read More
Read More >>Rapper’s rant sends him to prison
By at 31 July, 2009, 6:52 am
A Lakeland rapper is singing his way to prison. Authorities say 20-year-old Antavio Johnson raps about killing two Lakeland police officers and refers to a Polk County sheriff’s deputy and police dog killed in the line of duty. The song is called “Kill Me a Cop.” Johnson Read More
Read More >>Florida education news: Classroom supplies, Bright Futures, school names and more
GAG ORDER: The judge in the case of four Walker Middle teens accused of raping a classmate at school orders news media to remove some case-related documents from their Web sites. (Image from fromthepopulation.blogspot.com ) DON'T CALL IT FCCJ: The proper name is now Florida State College Read More
Read More >>Family, infant escape Pasco house fire
By at 31 July, 2009, 5:56 am
Firefighters say four people, including an infant, escaped a house fire late Thursday night. Pasco County Fire Rescue crews responded to a home on Old Trail Way in New Port Richey about 11:30 p.m. The fire started on the back porch and spread inside, firefighters said. The home sustained Read More
Read More >>Crashes send drivers back to school
Many of Florida drivers may soon be forced to re-learn the rules of the road. A new state statute will require anyone who is ticked for causing three accidents in a three-year period will be forced to go back to driving school. “You will actually have to go back and get behind the wheel Read More
Read More >>Deputies raid homeless camps
Is it picking and piling on the downtrodden, or keeping the community clean and safe? Every few months the Hillsborough Sheriff’s office conducts raids on the homeless in the county. Businesses and residents nearby complain about the crime and the mess that litter makeshift campsites that Read More
Read More >>Deputies raid homeless camps
By P. Scott Cunningham at 30 July, 2009, 10:55 pm
Is it picking and piling on the downtrodden, or keeping the community clean and safe? Every few months the Hillsborough Sheriff’s office conducts raids on the homeless in the county. Businesses and residents nearby complain about the crime and the mess that litter makeshift campsites that Read More
Read More >>What lies beneath…
On the surface, it looks like any other south Florida pond, but beneath the waters are discoveries that are re-writing Florida history. It’s called Little Salt Spring, and for archeologists it’s been a big find. Now completely submerged, the sinkhole in Sarasota County is a Read More
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