Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs. Lawmakers in at least eight states, including Florida, want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing. ...more

March 27, 2009

Highlands County commissioners voted unanimously last week to confirm the appointment of Robert Palussek as administrator of the Highlands County Health Department. ...more

December 13, 2008

Baby formula is expensive. That fact nearly led to the death of a 5-month-old last week and it keeps donors from stocking food banks with the nourishment so vital to infants who aren't breast-fed. ...more

December 3, 2008

No one ever told 23-year-old Jeri Moss that putting too much water in her baby's formula could kill him. ...more

December 2, 2008

A financially strapped young mother trying to stretch her infant formula supply almost killed her newborn, hospital officials say. ...more

December 1, 2008

Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as the Senate passed a spending bill Saturday. ...more

September 28, 2008

It's a tight ship these days down at the Hernando County Health Department's Spring Hill clinic. ...more

July 4, 2008

The Hernando County Health Department will be able to serve at least 50 percent more clients in a new building set to open in the next few years, its administrator says. ...more

July 3, 2008