Members of the Elegant Gardeners Club of Sun City Center host flower show. ...more

March 31, 2009

Linda Callam took the stand Wednesday and told jurors of a harrowing fight she had with boyfriend Paul Pullins on March 29, 2007. ...more

February 19, 2009

Linda Callam took the stand today and told jurors of a harrowing fight she had with boyfriend Paul Pullins on March 29, 2007. ...more

February 18, 2009

Mark LeCouris could now be referred to as "chief-city manager." Tuesday night city commissioners unanimously voted to allow LeCouris, who has served as interim city manager since May, to assume the post on a permanent basis. ...more

February 18, 2009

Charlie Quinn, Jim Hensley, Dana Hurlbut, John Miller and Don Thomas each had four hits on Wednesday to lead Central Security to its fourth straight win with a 20-11 victory over Michelle Yates Insurance in Lake Placid Senior Softball league play at the Lake June ball fields. ...more

February 7, 2009

In response to the answer of my last letter written on Oct. 9, where I was offering a basic Spanish course to deputies of Highlands County, and my disappointment with Sheriff Benton when I had to wait five weeks to see her and on the day of the appointment I didn't get to see her anyway, Mayr Malool defended the sheriff by saying that the sheriff was busy trying to catch a cop killer. This is an absolute untruth. I was in Highlands County when that tragedy took place. There was no manhunt going on on the day I was supposed to see the sheriff. I don't know Mayr Malool but I do know that when an officer has four or five illegals stopped at 3 a.m. and they are saying "Jump him-her, grab him-her or grab his-her gun, and the officer doesn't understand these alert words, it is dangerous. ...more

October 18, 2008

Please allow me to respond to a letter in Thursday's paper (Oct. 9) regarding Sheriff Benton. The writer seems to think that our sheriff is rude and uncaring because she didn't take time to speak with him about free Spanish lessons he was offering the deputies back in January 2007. He stated that he was a part-time resident, so he might not have known that at that particular time, one of our brave state troopers, Sgt. Sottile, had been brutally murdered. Maybe if he had known that, he might realize that the sheriff was busy trying to catch a cop killer. It is possible that his generous offer was somehow forgotten in the process. ...more

October 11, 2008

"People would come from places like Lake Wales to shop at the mall not realizing that 'mall' has different meanings," long time resident Larry Albritton told a group gathered at the Avon Park Historic Museum last Sunday. Avon Park's "Mile Long Mall" is the kind that is defined as "a public area often set with shade trees." Not the kind designed for shoppers. Although Larry did say that when he moved over from Wauchula back in 1958 the city had three department stores operating along the mall. When he moved here it was also "a time when all the buildings were occupied," he said with a touch of nostalgia in his voice. ...more

July 26, 2008

It had been more than four months since Judy O'Steen had been able to drive her golf cart. ...more

July 16, 2008

Earl Sharpe of Bayonet Point wants Pasco County to do a better job of recycling. ...more

January 29, 2008