United Airlines acted correctly in removing an ill patient from the airplane ("Swine flu challenges airlines," front page, Nov. 10). Tuberculosis, measles and influenza are among many serious diseases that have spread in an airplane cabin. ...more

November 13, 2009

With swine flu still running rampant across the country, students and adults who used to drag themselves to school or work while sick are suddenly being told they need to stay home. That push to prevent others from being infected, though, can have unintended consequences as a Hawaiian woman found out Monday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

November 10, 2009

Two men were injured when a small plane crashed in rural Pasco County on Sunday afternoon. ...more

October 26, 2009

An aircraft has gone down in the Gulf of Mexico off Johns Pass and rescue crews have recovered one body and are looking for others, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

September 5, 2009

Suzannah Beiner is a sophomore at Sebring High School and a new columnist with Highlands Today. Recently she wrote an column titled, "U.S. Not Always Inviting To Immigrants." Her perspective was very introspective and certainly well written. ...more

March 28, 2009

Hopes are fading, but the search has gone into the night for four fishermen missing off the coast of New Jersey. ...more

March 25, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland on Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 23, 2009

Police arrested former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cornell Green on domestic battery charges as he was about to board an airplane for Oakland Saturday afternoon. ...more

March 22, 2009

Barbie's 50th birthday is being marked around the world with numerous pink-carpet events. But the most meaningful celebration of her milestone is in the stories shared by baby boomers who loved her as youngsters and collect her as adults. ...more

March 15, 2009

Richard Seufzer posted a note at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport last year asking for help with his senior project. ...more

March 11, 2009