Mending fences at Alafia Elementary School won't come cheap. Depending on how long Grace Ippolito is assigned to shadow Alafia Elementary Principal Ellyn Smith, the fix could run in the thousands of dollars. ...more

December 8, 2008

Coral Gables probably seemed like a million miles away when Alan Jay Wildstein was growing up. South Florida was his home - and it's still where most of his family lives. About 16 years ago that all changed, and he's built a mini-automotive empire here in Highlands County. ...more

August 3, 2008

Sports fans of teams known as perennial nobodies and/or relative newbies to their respective leagues should all be taking detailed, thorough notes right now. The Tampa Bay Rays, a team with a sub-.400 Won-Loss percentage over their first 10 years of existence, have finally found a combination that doesn't resemble a bowel movement and find themselves – as of Friday afternoon – a game and a half behind first-place Boston. ...more

June 21, 2008