Where'd they go? I'm speaking of the 50 years since my high school graduation. In many ways it seems like only yesterday. At the recent reunion of the Speedway High School, Class of '59, I had no trouble identifying everyone, even without the very large nametags - containing our senior photos - that the committee had prepared for us. My companion for the evening was very surprised (shocked?) at the way I looked back then. I think he might take back his assessment of my inability to write a book entitled, "Beauty Tips for the Really Ugly." ...more

October 28, 2009

The message President Barack Obama delivered to Detroit on Monday was as remarkable as it was blunt: What is good for America will have to be good enough for GM. ...more

March 31, 2009

One local manufacturing company has laid off 75 percent of its work force. ...more

March 13, 2009

A Tampa mattress manufacturing company said today it plans to open a plant that officials said eventually will create 300 jobs in Oklahoma. ...more

February 13, 2009

Super Bowl Advertising Pays Off Who knew that a key to a rebound on Wall Street could be a TV ad during the Super Bowl. ...more

January 28, 2009

Aero Simulation Inc, a Tampa-based flight simulator design and manufacturing company, has won a $35 million subcontract and hired 25 employees to support development of an aircrew training system for the E-2D Hawkeye military early warning and control aircraft. ...more

January 27, 2009

Jabil Circuit Inc. will lay off 120 workers at its local facilities, company officials said today. ...more

September 11, 2008

A local motor manufacturing company recently broke ground on its seventh building. ...more

June 20, 2008

MOTOR MANUFACTURER, LAWNCARE COMPANY AND ORGANIC FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR SHOWING GROWTH ...more

June 19, 2008

When Brucie Klay Boonstoppel had twins four years ago, she couldn't figure out a way to keep the pacifier in son Harrison's mouth. ...more

December 26, 2007