Several former residents reminisced about their naive youth as they revisited the deserted streets of the Love Canal neighborhood Friday, 30 years after a poison sludge devastated families with miscarriages and cancers and gave rise to the federal Superfund program. ...more

August 2, 2008

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. ...more

July 22, 2008

NEW YORK - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow - like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda. ...more

July 20, 2008

People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature on Monday in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature today in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 14, 2008

If you need extra motivation to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes this summer, consider this from the Florida Department of Health: ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA – A man working as a dental lab technician in Sun City Center has been arrested and charged with the unlicensed practice of a health care profession, according to the Florida Department of Health. ...more

June 27, 2008

A resident in our condominium is creating serious problems with threats. He has threatened many of our children and adults to the point of saying he has a gun and will kill them. There have been 23 calls to the police in response to his threats. The police say they cannot do anything. Our association attorney says the same. We would like to know if this answer is correct. ...more

June 5, 2008

SEBRING — Green isn't the only color cultivated and prized by Highlands County groundskeepers. Eileen Beck, groundskeeper supervisor, oversees a crew of three county employees who trim, plant, irrigate, mow and maintain the 40 county-owned building sites, from nearly end-to-end. "We like to have color," Beck said, "and something is always in bloom." All three municipal libraries, the health department, the courthouse and the Agri-Civic Center are just a few of the rotating stops the crew hits at least once a week, or sometimes twice weekly during the rainy summer months. The landscaping around the sign at the Highlands County Government Center recently got a sprucing up from the crew. Marigolds, croton plants, Indian hawthorns and crepe myrtles, separated by mulch, surround the county marker. ...more

February 10, 2008

Mr. Reark, I'm responding to your completely misunderstood retort to my November letter regarding the bombing range. Your inability to comprehend what you read is astonishing. ...more

December 20, 2007