Are you looking for more than flowers or cards as a way to express your feelings on Valentine's Day? ...more

February 5, 2008

Are you looking for more than flowers or cards as a way to express your feelings on Valentine's Day? ...more

February 5, 2008

For the second time this week, a Web site described as key to al-Qaida communications has been taken down by a hosting company after a call from a reporter. ...more

February 2, 2008

County commissioners gave little indication last week of how they will vote on a controversial apartment complex proposal when they meet Thursday. ...more

February 2, 2008

For the second time this week, what is said to be key a al-Qaida Web site has been taken off the Internet by a hosting site after a call from a reporter. ...more

February 1, 2008

There is still a spot in most of us that understands what this morning really ought to be. Whether you can't see the floor through the mountain of discarded wrapping paper right now while the kids run amok, or you're flying solo, or any point in between, inside we understand the best Christmas present never comes in a box. ...more

December 24, 2007

I survived another Thanksgiving with all the trimmings. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has outdone herself once again with our Thanksgiving dinner. I still do not know how she accomplishes this feat. Each year her dinner is more fabulous than the last. ...more

November 22, 2007

Some don't mind the new growth; others abhor it. But all agree the county hasn't done enough to prepare for it. ...more

October 10, 2007

AVON PARK — As Avon Park Police Chief Frank Mercurio steps down today, the officers under him say it will be "business as usual" as Cmdr. Michael Rowan becomes the acting chief. Seeing Mercurio leave, they said they were shocked, upset and still hurting over it. "As the week goes along, it doesn't get any better," APPD Detective Sgt. Jason Lister said Thursday. "You're not going to find a sworn member of this staff that's not going to give you the same feelings." Lister and six other APPD officers contacted by Highlands Today were almost monolithic in their sentiments, but they said that they would remain with the department despite the situation. ...more

September 28, 2007