gies of the folks in Andersonville, the historic site has become a major tourist attraction. The Park includes rolling acres of similar gravestones, testifying silently to the thousands who perished under awful conditions. There also one can see markers indicating the extent of grounds once covered by the rotting hell that was the prison camp. A small, granite building covers the only, and inadequate, source of water, which served the teeming crowds that once swarmed over the now silent, green hills. Nearby, the Park Service has rebuilt the main gate to the prison. At another corner of the prison's one-time wooden wall, the Service has reconstructed that wall, with its guard tower; below the wall are recreations of prisoner "accommodations" (i.e., ragged tents). Nearby is the relatively new, National Prisoner of War Museum, which, while not focused on the Civil War alone, has become a major attraction in its own right. ...more

February 15, 2009

The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak. ...more

January 19, 2009

Local leaders are fighting approval of a proposed business they fear could negatively affect patrons and other people within the community. ...more

October 15, 2008

The list of products caught in China's tainted milk scandal grew Friday to include baby cereal in Hong Kong and snack foods in Japan. Meanwhile, Taiwan reported three children and a mother with kidney stones in the island's first cases possibly linked to the crisis. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating apparent burglaries to the concession stands serving the Wesley Chapel District Park on Boyette Road. ...more

September 16, 2008

What has come to be known in east Orlando as a hot spot for college students is opening its second establishment near the University of South Florida. ...more

July 30, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - What has come to be known in east Orlando as a hot spot for college students is opening its second establishment near the University of South Florida. Scoop Bar & Grill will replace the former Whistle Junction at 5105 E. Fowler Ave. The opening is expected in late August or early September. ...more

July 25, 2008

Most big companies have a Great Wall of Vending in their break rooms. At the Tribune, we have a Soft Drink Treadmill, in which a rotating belt raises up to the bottle before sliding and lowering it into a dispensing pocket. We also have the Carbohydrate Free-Fall, from which an assortment of snack foods wedged in a corkscrew are pushed to their doom from various heights. We also have a rotating carousel of refrigerated entree items that I call the Wheel of Death. The WOD offers food that should never be sold in a vending environment. Like Riblets (described on the wrapper as "boneless pork rib-shaped patties). Like Lonesome Cowboy Sandwich. (Mmmm, tasty cowboy.) Or the creatively named So Good So Good. (It looked so bad, so bad that I didn't buy it.) Last week's lowlight: a Fried Chicken Snacker. Not sure what part of the chicken the snacker comes from, but it tasted like it was swathed in a soggy Kleenex. ...more

July 2, 2008

The Hurricane Expo is Saturday, but it is not too early to stock up on the necessary supplies in case a natural disaster hits home, emergency responders said. ...more

May 30, 2008

Comic books have long been part of Scott Sahle's life. He has read them, cherished them, collected them and - when need dictated - sold them. ...more

December 31, 2007