SEBRING — The Florida Department of Children and Families has released $42,897 in funding to programs operating in both Highlands and Hardee counties, the agency announced Friday. The announcement was made in a memo from Circuit 10 Contract Manager, Jacqueline Burt. Richard Reinhardt, executive director for the Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. said typically, they're given about half that amount. "This grant is received annually, but this is the most ever awarded to these two counties," he said. Funding for the state's Department of Children and Families Grant-In-Aid program is statewide, but is left up to each DCF Circuit to administer these funds. Circuit 10 covers Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties. ...more

June 23, 2008

Let's see if we can figure out who this man is and how he got there. ...more

June 18, 2008

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? Obama was born 1961 in Hawaii, graduated Columbia University in 1983 and Harvard University in 1991 (magna cum laude). At Harvard he was elected the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, a high honor indeed. Although his educational honors would have brought him an excellent position and salary, he chose to work for only $8,000 per year as a community organizer after some time at a law firm as a civil rights attorney and organized voter registration for Bill Clinton's candidacy for president. ...more

June 12, 2008

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? ...more

June 11, 2008

The Weather Channel and news headlines tell us daily that the incidence of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and typhoons are increasing around the world. The average temperature on the earth is rising, and the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. ...more

May 27, 2008

"Buy new, buy now!" is the mantra for the Pasco Building Association's ninth annual Parade of Homes ... Neighborhoods on Parade. ...more

February 17, 2008

She wrote him letters, accepted his many phone calls and even gave him money, officials said. But that's not what put a nurse at Falkenburg Road Jail behind bars Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007

She wrote him letters, accepted his many phone calls and even gave him money, officials said. But that's not what put a nurse who works at Falkenburg Road Jail behind bars earlier today. ...more

December 13, 2007

Like it or hate it, Medicaid reform probably isn't in Tampa's near future. ...more

December 7, 2007

When the last state administration rolled out a Medicaid reform plan in 2005, proponents painted a bright picture of choice, quality and cost containment. As the Tribune noted ("Weakness in Medicaid Reform Portends No Expansion," Our Opinion, Oct. 28), the bright claims now ring hollow. ...more

November 6, 2007