It seems Congress is always able to surpass its previous level of either chicanery or stupidity. Either our representatives are making a wedding gift commemorating the unholy marriage between big money and big government or someone needs to hand it a sign saying "I'm Stupid!" ...more

November 7, 2009

Here are a few of the food traditions that symbolize abundance for the coming year. ...more

January 14, 2009

Normally Claudia Bishop would be doing her consumer lending and small business banking duties as a relationship manager at Riverside Bank, but Wednesday morning she had a different job - bagging groceries and handing out frozen turkeys at Manna Ministries. ...more

December 21, 2008

Sen. John McCain's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday of playing "the race card," citing his remarks that Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." ...more

August 1, 2008

It was one of those charity breakfasts where 500 people show up at the same time to park in the convention center's parking garage. Next to the machine that dispenses parking tickets at the garage entrance was a sign telling you to take a ticket and then proceed and pay inside. ...more

May 9, 2008

SARASOTA - Strippers picketed, professors presented contradictory testimony, and a proposed law that would restrict adult-oriented businesses in Sarasota County received intense public scrutiny Monday. ...more

November 27, 2007

AVON PARK — An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $32,600 bail after an Avon Park police officer investigating the burglary of Al Joe Hinson's Bar found the suspect passed out drunk on a sidewalk about two blocks away. ...more

October 5, 2007