The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the county's handling of abandoned asbestos water pipes during Phase II of the Sebring Parkway Project. ...more

October 29, 2009

Gold climbed to a record for a second day in New York and London on mounting concern that currencies will devalue, spurring demand for the precious metal as a preserver of wealth. ...more

October 8, 2009

The $5.6 million pot of money Hernando County has been earmarked to help low- to moderate-middle income homebuyers move into foreclosed homes county is still awaiting final state approvals. ...more

July 24, 2009

The 15th annual Norman Schwarzkopf Sporting Clays Classic will be held at Tenoroc Preserve near Lakeland ...more

March 21, 2009

It must be that Professor Harold Hill, "The Music Man," is living incognito at Freedom Plaza. How else to account for total abandonment to the joy of music making that lately seems to permeate the air? Why are residents suddenly seeking singing lessons? Why does the pub ring with the sound of voices raised on high every Thursday evening and "Sing Along with Bob" on Wednesdays have such a following? ...more

February 18, 2009

The last few days there have been numerous letters to the editor in Highlands Today and also The Tampa Tribune regarding the State Farm Insurance abandonment of the state of Florida homeowners insurance. I wonder why I haven't seen anything about the 25 percent increase awarded to Progress Energy which took effect on Jan.1? This outrageous increase hits us during one of the country's worst economic recessions in recent memory. I have written letters to Governor Crist and our local Rep. Denise Grimsley trying to get them to rescind or even delay this increase. The governor forwarded my letter to the Public Service Commission and I received a letter from them outlining the reasons why the increase to Progress Energy was awarded. They tell me that one of their reasons was the increase in the cost of fuel and another was the building of a nuclear power plant. ...more

February 6, 2009

In 1960, when Russia's Khrushchev observed John Kennedy's cowardly abandonment of America's promise to provide air cover for the Cuban exile invader force at Bay of Pigs, he perceived Kennedy as spineless and began moving Russian missiles into Cuba. We were brought to the brink of nuclear war. ...more

February 6, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - At any given time, there are hundreds of Pasco County children who find themselves stuck in the legal system because of abuse, neglect or abandonment. Removed from their homes through no fault of their own, they must navigate unsure territory without an advocate of their own. ...more

January 24, 2009

At any given time, there are hundreds of Pasco County children who find themselves in the legal system due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. Removed from their homes through no fault of their own, they must navigate unsure territory without an advocate of their own. ...more

January 14, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) -- A former suburban Chicago police sergeant who is suspected in his wife's disappearance is engaged to be married again even though he is still legally married, his publicist said Wednesday. ...more

December 17, 2008