Highlands County commissioners said they would take one last look at more possible cuts in the county's proposed budget for next year. And all but one constitutional officer said that if they must make cuts, they will. But the harm these cuts would have on our county would far surpass any supposed benefits they would bring. ...more

September 7, 2008

The normally outspoken victims of Tonya Adams' crimes weren't in court Thursday to see the end of the case that has haunted their lives for more than a year. ...more

August 29, 2008

Sen. John Edwards was the poster boy for the "nice guy next door." ...more

August 22, 2008

The woman made a lasting impression on Stacey Efaw, not because she was crying when she walked through the doors of the Brandon Emergency Care Help Organization, but because her hands were empty. ...more

August 20, 2008

What Will Mr. And Mrs. Candidate Do? Many know about town hall meetings where the questions are polite but no definitive answers are received. So let me ask these persons who profess they can make change, and some who claim they already are, just what they would do with these issues? ...more

August 17, 2008

I never knew my Finnish grandfather, who immigrated to the upper Michigan peninsula in search of a better life. Like so many Finns at the time, he found work in a Michigan copper mine, but the work dried up. He died long before I was born. At least that was what my mother always told me. ...more

July 27, 2008

Pet Food Companies Should Help Save Abandoned Pets As we are all aware, families within our communities are suffering terrible hardships due to the loss of jobs. Homes are being foreclosed, gas and oil prices are skyrocketing and inflation is causing the price of food to increase tenfold. ...more

July 6, 2008

Jorge Roque endured life in the Kuwaiti desert as his Marine Corps unit waited for the signal that the war in Iraq had begun. He survived as friends died fighting their way into Baghdad. He witnessed the famous toppling of the city's statue of Saddam Hussein. ...more

July 4, 2008

Teenagers who eschewed parental prodding to get on the stick and find a part-time job before school lets out next week could be in for a long, hot, jobless summer. ...more

May 28, 2008

The money raised will help families afford summer camp activities for their autistic children. ...more

April 20, 2008