Largo authorities have seized the laptop computer of a 21-year-old woman they say used it to access and destroy some of her former employer's files because she was upset she had been fired. Brittany Jenkins, of 245 59th Ave. N.E., was arrested Feb. 2 on a charge of unauthorized access to a computer system. The laptop was seized last week. ...more

February 16, 2009

County commissioners have agreed to change the format of their meetings and shorten public input time. ...more

February 13, 2009

Faced with the prospect of rising rates, with electric bills at his jails already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Col. Jim Previtera got a bright idea - cut down on energy use by any safe means necessary. ...more

December 16, 2008

Faced with the prospect of rising rates, with electric bills at his jails already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Col. Jim Previtera got a bright idea – cut down on energy use by any safe means necessary. ...more

December 15, 2008

Pertaining to the ditch cleaning dirt along the roads and highways of Highlands County. They used to give that dirt to the residents here in the area to fill in low spots in their yards, but now, because of someone's bright idea, they have the Road and Bridge Department drive 20-30 miles round trip to dump it in the landfill. Doesn't this practice fill up they landfill much quicker and cost the residents of Highlands County thousands of dollars more in fuel costs and man hours, trucking this dirt all the way out to the landfill? Whose brainless idea was it in the first place? ...more

November 28, 2008

Fifty-two high school students from across the country who spent part of fall teaching youngsters life lessons converged on Tampa from May 1-5 to share their teaching methods and compete for college scholarships. ...more

May 10, 2008

We Shouldn't Play Ball Regarding "Let's Get The Reds Game On In Pasco," Wednesday: ...more

November 16, 2007

When Muslims rioted after a couple of juvenile cartoons on Mohammed showed the prophet in a less-than-perfect light, much of the Western world was mad. ...more

September 24, 2007