They know the alphabet, can read and write a bit and fit right in with a challenging first year in school - they are the students in the pilot advanced academics kindergarten program. ...more

November 13, 2009

The Raiders football squad has been in playoff mode for a while now, even though the postseason is still a couple of weeks away. Last Friday's trip to Durant High sure had a playoff feel to it. ...more

November 4, 2009

Flowers have been placed along a fence outside the Wichita clinic of slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller and the clinic flag is flying at half staff. ...more

June 1, 2009

I read where some of your guest columnists give a fair and broad viewpoint about our current administration and some of your guest columnists look on the negative side of things. That of course is called "Freedom of Speech" and that is one of the reasons the U.S.A. is the greatest country in the world. ...more

May 8, 2009

Marion Noel has Lake Jackson in her living room. No, you can't actually step into the lake from her living room, but it sure seems like you could. ...more

January 12, 2009

Teacher Neither Overworked Nor Underpaid Re: "Fighting Words" by Jim Gries, Weeki Wachee, in the Dec. 2 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

December 5, 2008

Several local voters agreed, Wednesday, that the times are changing, with Barack Obama's election positively affecting how Americans view race. ...more

November 6, 2008

For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land. ...more

September 7, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Women's Hospital last week. ...more

January 30, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Hospital last week. For the first time in quite a while, hospital staffers say, the nursery was abuzz with six sets of twins, all delivered within three days. ...more

January 29, 2008