An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

June 18, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. Positive Support for Parents in Neighborhoods, known as Positive Spin, must vacate its St. James Place Town Homes on 127th Avenue near 15th Street by July 31. The agency's 10-member staff has provided counseling and referrals for families, boys and girls activities clubs, tutoring programs, emergency assistance during flooding and support groups for men and women from three four-bedroom apartments at the complex since 2001. ...more

June 16, 2008

Last year, I bought a new (used) car. My last car was brand new, and with that vehicle I order a personalized license plate: NUJERSY. That's right I am from the great state of New Jersey - The Garden State. ...more

May 25, 2008

Police were constantly called out to deal with drunks and other incidents at a troublesome East Tampa bar. No matter how many arrests were made, the problems persisted. ...more

May 19, 2008

Hillsborough County has a strong and dedicated group of firefighters. ...more

February 25, 2008

Americans reported 20 percent more cases of consumer fraud in 2007 than the year before, with nearly a third of complaints related to identity theft, the government said Wednesday. ...more

February 14, 2008

SEBRING — A former employee of Goin' Postal, located at 3609 Sebring Parkway, was sentenced last Thursday to three years in prison for committing fraudulent returns at the shipping store. Brenda Sue Espinoza, 42, of 4136 El Rado Ave., obtained more than $4,000 from the store by pocketing money obtained from customer shipments and fraudulently entering return transactions for merchandise. According to Highlands County Sheriff's Office arrest reports, the business's owner reported 159 fraudulent returns occurring at his business from April 25, 2006 to Sept. 20, 2006. Of the 159 fraudulent returns, 119 involved instances where Espinoza pocketed customer shipment money rather than putting it into the business's point of sale system, fraudulently listing the packages as returned. ...more

February 9, 2008

SEBRING — Three law enforcement agencies teamed up to lockdown Hill Gustat Middle School in a routine sweep Friday morning to search for drugs and weapons. ...more

February 8, 2008

Refer to Mr. Ludacer's literal repeat of his editorial concerning the Patriot Act and Major Johnston's volatile diatribe about our efforts in Iraq. It's a shame Highlands Today can't find something new to accept instead of simply allowing a repeat of an earlier editorial from Mr. Ludacer or the kind of attack mounted by the major. It seems the major has an axe to grind with the military, apparently because he could not advance beyond the rank of major. Personally, I didn't get beyond the lower ranks of the enlisted men but I didn't and don't blame politics for that. 1 simply recognize that I did not apply myself to do any better and the major doesn't seem to be able to face that fact about himself. He chooses to pass the blame to politicians, for whom I often also have little love lost but they aren't the bullies standing in the way of personal development. ...more

January 13, 2008

Fans of the three local government and public access channels will have to look elsewhere - and maybe even pay a little more - starting today. ...more

December 11, 2007