Veterans Day is a federal holiday meant to honor military personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the good of our nation. ...more

November 4, 2009

Across America, Census Bureau workers are knocking on doors. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 140,000 census workers, hired from within each local community, are canvassing neighborhoods to identify each residential address. This is preliminary to distributing the actual census questionnaires. ...more

November 4, 2009

Across America, Census Bureau workers are knocking on doors. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 140,000 census workers, hired from within each local community, are canvassing neighborhoods to identify each residential address. This is preliminary to distributing the actual census questionnaires. ...more

November 1, 2009

Fleet manager Jack Stepongzi's admission of receiving kickbacks from a Texas parts supplier has triggered a wider investigation into the county's fleet department. ...more

October 31, 2009

Adkins says 'questionable' purchases could extend beyond Stepongzi. ...more

October 30, 2009

A routine traffic stop in Highlands County on Saturday led to the arrest of a North Carolina man charged with killing a soldier assigned to Fort Hood, Texas. ...more

June 9, 2009

A man who drowned late Friday afternoon on Dinner Lake was apparently hit by his boat's propeller. ...more

March 24, 2009

Nicholas Hughes, the son of poet Sylvia Plath, has killed himself, 46 years after his mother committed suicide and almost 40 years to the day after his stepmother, Assia Wevill, did the same. He was 47. ...more

March 23, 2009

for the second time. And this time, they don't plan on falling off the nicotine wagon. ...more

March 8, 2009

A five-month investigation has led to the arrest of 21 suspects and the dismantling of a theft ring that targeted six central Florida counties, including Highlands County, and was responsible for the theft of thousands of cans of powdered baby formula. ...more

March 6, 2009