Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. "Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble." ...more

October 30, 2009

I sat down to pay my monthly bills and separated out 14 statements from Medicare, Florida Blue Cross and Tricare. Fourteen! The postage cost to the companies was $4.86. Each individual trip to a doctor was accorded a separate statement as was each drug cost. ...more

September 7, 2009

The city of Sebring was again disrupted by the arrival of suspicious envelopes, and the target this time was the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, two envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the sheriff's office in the mail, according to Lisa Burley, the sheriff's chief of staff. Sebring woman arrested for suspicious powder incident ...more

July 22, 2009

Law enforcement was back at Florida Hospital Heartland Division Friday morning when another envelope of white powder was found. ...more

April 4, 2009

A man pretended to deposit $2 million at an ATM and then withdrew a hunk of money from a woman's account, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 25, 2009

The Highlands County recycling bins that had been on Museum Avenue, between the library and the police station, have been moved to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex. ...more

February 5, 2009

The Highlands County recycling bins that had been on Museum Avenue near The Depot Museum have been moved to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex. ...more

January 8, 2009

Rick E. Rockwell plopped his large frame down in front of his laptop, next to a foot-wide sheaf of unpaid bills still in their envelopes, lined up like an accordion on his desk. He logged into his bank account to see if his unemployment check had been deposited yet. ...more

December 29, 2008

It wasn't many weeks ago that he was everywhere, or at least his name and face were everywhere. ...more

December 19, 2008

The Valpak coupon company will eliminate 79 positions as a result of lower projected coupon volume in 2009. That represents about 6 percent of Valpak's work force. ...more

December 18, 2008