The state fire marshal's office is continuing to investigate a Friday night fire in the Leisure Lakes community. ...more

October 28, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Oct. 26 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

October 28, 2009

I find it disheartening how people seem so distrusting of the government when it comes to health care, but love the idea of government intrusion into our daughters' bodies. Pro-abortion advocates want to use government to control what our daughters can and cannot do. I find this despicable. Abortion is a personal matter, not a decision that can be decided by sweeping laws. I want my daughter to be able to make her own decisions. No government official will tell her if she can or cannot have an abortion. To make matters worse, these same people who want government intervention into our daughters' wombs go into a fury when the government tries to make us healthier. ...more

October 27, 2009

One of the leading controversies on the Sunday TV talk shows was the appropriateness of the government imposing limits on the executive compensation packages of those corporations which have been bailed out with tax funds. A moment's reflection on the fact that the taxpayer now stands in the place of the stockholder as the owner of these companies should be a sufficient justification for these limits. Stockholders, as the owners of a corporation, originally set the compensation of its officers and employees, but over the years, the officers and boards of directors, through a series of strategies, wrested control from the stockholders and, treating the companies as their own, set their own compensations without regard for the wishes of the true owners, the stockholders. Their view? If you don't like it, sell you stock. A board room "coup de corps!" ...more

October 27, 2009

The Blue Streaks want another crack at Haines City. Whether they'll ever get that chance remains to be seen. ...more

October 26, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, Oct. 22 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

October 25, 2009

A Lake Placid woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly battering two women, one of whom was pregnant. ...more

October 24, 2009

This is what has defined the Lake Placid football team the past two years: three wins, one coaching change and countless frustrating moments. ...more

October 23, 2009

The worst, they hope, is behind them. After two whirlwind weeks, the Sebring Blue Streaks should be at full strength for tonight's district game against Celebration at Firemen's Field. ...more

October 23, 2009

Keep the change The federal deficit has quadrupled and the unemployment rate has doubled. Yep, that's change you can believe in (and cry and scream over, too)! ...more

October 23, 2009