Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
News4jax.com-JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday as a result of what his attorney called “staggering” debts from failed real estate investments.The 17-year NFL veteran released a statement Thursday night saying his decision is due to several failed real estate ventures and lawsuits for unpaid loans.”After [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
APDATE: Office Curtis has passed after a struggle on life support. Please keep these Officers and their Families in your thoughts and prayers. Curtis leaves behind his wife and four young childred. Office Kocab leaves behind a wife who is nine months pregnant. St. Pete Times-TAMPA — A Tampa police officer was killed and another [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Lake Wales, FL – Well it worked out pretty much like the prognosticators figured. Lake Wales native Dominque Jones was drafted #24 in the 2010 NBA Draft and is now a Memphis Grizzly. Dominique Jones was born and raised in Lake Wales, FL. At Lake Wales High School, Jones was a first team Class 4A [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
DENVER (AP) — An American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is headed back to the United States, ten days after authorities found him in the woods of northern Pakistan with a pistol, a sword and night-vision equipment. Gary Faulkner, who has been detained since June 13, left Pakistan early Wednesday [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — This was the year, Alicia Hollis and her fellow real estate agents thought. After a nasty batch of hurricanes and the bursting of the housing bubble, this was the year that condo sales along the Florida Panhandle’s brilliant white beaches were going to rebound. Then came the oil – [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghanistan strategy session is under way at the White House as scheduled without word from President Barack Obama about the fate of war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is under fire for blistering remarks in a magazine. McChrystal came to the White House for a 30-minute face-to-face with Obama over his [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NEW PORT RICHEY — A woman who was accused of setting a fire at her office to get off work early pleaded guilty to a lesser charge this week. Pasco sheriff’s investigators said Michelle Perrino, 40, started a fire at Bayonet Point Oxygen on May 12 last year. Perrino drew suspicion when she mentioned the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Suncoast- CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Englewood women were arrested Monday on 3rd-degree felony charges for disrupting a sea turtle nest. But the actions designed to protect the threatened reptiles have people debating property laws. “It’s absolutely, positively ludicrous…she would never, ever harm a turtle nest or do anything to harm wildlife.” A morning press conference [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Grounded by oil, the charter boat owner along Alabama’s Gulf Coast known as Capt. Bligh walks past an old first mate. “Arrrrrrgh,” Bligh growls like a pirate. He has beard like Santa Claus and a belt with saltwater fish embroidered in the webbing. Hardly anyone calls him by his real [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Haines City Parks & Recreation Department and co-sponsors 97 Country, Bright House Networks and The Ledger Media Group are gearing up for this year’s 4th of July Celebration. This event will be bigger and better than ever before. Come join in the festivities on Sunday, July 4th at Lake Eva Park in Haines City. [...]
