An Avon Park police officer was out of jail Wednesday on a $5,000 bond following his Tuesday arrest. ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

In 1962, Judy Ortiz, a child of Puerto Rican immigrants, was born into homelessness in lower Manhattan of New York City. Her mother was homeless as a consequence of her father's drug addiction. ...more

October 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Aixa Crespo is making her mark fast. Just days after Sunlake named her the volleyball coach, Crespo has managed to bring the Central Florida Volleyball Club to her school to conduct a camp not only for her players, but for those in the area interested in the sport. ...more

June 28, 2008

As an aspiring fashion designer in the 1980s, Sonia Grays dealt with lots of rejection. ...more

May 18, 2008

Looks like it will be close, but no giant cigar, for Cuba's stogie-rolling king Jose Castelar. ...more

May 7, 2008

At long last, some truths about who or what is a Puerto Rican is beginning to surface, as propounded by Dennis Freytes in his MY Word essay in the Orlando Sentinel, Feb. 5, objecting to Puerto Ricans being called "foreign." The resulting backlash reminds me of the Muslim agitators responding to the publishing of the Danish Cartoons. ...more

February 12, 2008

An undocumented worker applying for a driver's license raised a clerk's suspicion. ...more

December 27, 2007

Mr. Reark, I'm responding to your completely misunderstood retort to my November letter regarding the bombing range. Your inability to comprehend what you read is astonishing. ...more

December 20, 2007

With the help of a $45,000 Florida Learn & Serve Grant, Gulf High School reading coach Victoria Mudry has spread the word about hurricane preparedness among her students and Pasco County. ...more

November 11, 2007