I have read in the statutes that reserves are not for regular expenses, but are for special ones like roofs, painting, and paving. Would a reserve fund be valid for insurance? ...more

October 12, 2008

The second time around was even quicker than the first. Thursday's final budget hearing attracted about 40 people - mostly county department heads and staffers - to the government center and lasted all of 15 minutes. ...more

September 26, 2008

Snack time at Avon Park Middle School recently turned into precious little time to save a choking student. ...more

September 26, 2008

It has been more than 35 years since Paul Salos played Tampa. And there may be some people here who remember the singer and impressionist. He could croon like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Perry Como. ...more

September 17, 2008

Every month firefighters from six North Pinellas fire departments pose a frightening scenario and then practice rescuing people and pets from the mock danger. ...more

August 30, 2008

The search for a missing Lake Placid man whose boat was sucked into the 621 Spill continued throughout the night Wednesday and into Thursday morning without success. Listed as missing is James Carter Jr., 61, who was out boating with two other Lake Placid men on Lake Istokpoga at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Rescuers with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office were searching Wednesday for a missing fisherman who may have drowned overnight after a disabled Jon boat in which he was a passenger was sucked into a lock at County Road 621. ...more

August 27, 2008

It wasn't a person drowning in the driver's seat of a car at the bottom of a retention pond. It was a dummy strapped into a contraption made of PVC pipe and construction mesh at the bottom of a swimming pool. ...more

August 27, 2008

By 1 p.m. winds were howling across the Sebring area as rain was driven sideways toward the south. The EOC noted that sustained winds had risen to 31 mph and the highest recorded gust was 48 mph. The worst is yet to come, they said. At about 4 p.m. when the eye passes the southeast portion of Highlands County, winds are expected to reach 45 mph and gusts are expected to reach 57 mph. ...more

August 19, 2008

More than 2 million people have contributed to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Kathi Ream of Falls Church, Va., is not among them. And she's steamed about it. ...more

August 19, 2008