Cooking for the Clueless ...more

February 18, 2010

The series of January freezes dealt another blow to an orange crop that was projected to produce well below last year's harvest even before the cold snap hit the state's groves. ...more

February 10, 2010

In an upshot, if 2009 made us all a little poorer, it also made us all cleaner and more hygiene-oriented. It brought heartaches, joy and astonishment to Highlands County residents. It also brought closure to the family of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper ruthlessly killed while on duty. The economy continued to roil; residents endured not one but three anthrax hoaxes; ordinary residents prodded city hall into action in Venus and Sun 'n Lake, and swine flu got us all a little closer to sanitizers. ...more

January 1, 2010

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December 24, 2009

Children, adults, seniors - all are being affected by the national recession, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. ...more

October 23, 2009

A 29-year-old man died early this morning when his car rear-ended a tanker carrying a cargo of orange juice as the truck slowed to make a turn near Lake Wales. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Joseph Cherry, of Lake Wales, was killed about 2:30 a.m. today on State Road 17. ...more

September 24, 2009

Florida's overall orange crop estimate is down by about 400,000 boxes. ...more

April 9, 2009

The PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of PepsiCo is bowing to public demand and scrapping changes made to a flagship product, Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice. ...more

February 24, 2009

Among the alarming numbers from last year's economic downturn are the number of people who now need food stamps to put dinner on the table. ...more

February 6, 2009

In the heart of citrus country, people assume oranges are locally grown. ...more

February 4, 2009