About 10,000 volunteers have undergone laser beam zapping to measure their actual shape as part of a pioneering project for Spanish designers to make clothes that fit real women, officials said Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

My name is Albin Pelski. I am the president of Toby the Clown Foundation located in Lake Placid. Keith "Toby" Stokes started Toby's Clown Alley and Toby the Clown Foundation many years ago. Since then we have graduated over 700 clowns from our clown school. ...more

January 24, 2008

Andrea Bridges, a 5-foot-3 senior guard at Tampa Bay Tech, endured three losing campaigns before helping the Titans turn things around in this 22-1 breakout season. Bridges, a four-year starter, averages a team-high 14.3 points and 2.3 steals per game. ...more

January 24, 2008

Kevin Butterfield of New Port Richey supports Creationism. ...more

January 8, 2008

My horoscope for this past Tuesday as determined by Eugenia in the Highlands Today Astrology column, stated; "Things are looking up and opportunities are apparent. Try your hand at something new or offer a service that you can do for extra cash. You can learn something new if you research over the Internet, sign up for a course or talk to someone with experience." It is a five star day for me. Well, she is right in one sense, as I am up to my eyeballs in a job that I have taught myself and have no idea most of the time exactly what I am doing. Somehow in the past I have managed to pull off my bluff and get the job done with what many call exceptional success. ...more

October 11, 2007

State university health directors are urging a change in state law to require that all new students be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. The directors met in Tallahassee today to talk about how best to protect students against the infection, which killed a University of South Florida sophomore on Monday. Current law allows students to opt out of the vaccine and health directors say that's a problem. They want the state's university oversight board to seek a change in the law that allows only few exemptions, such as medical or religious. ...more

September 26, 2007

Oh, if only I could express the things to be enjoyed about the Heartland Idol competition. Not a person in Highlands or the surrounding counties would be home on the nights the contest is going on. ...more

September 25, 2007