Lifting the country out of its economic woes won't be easy or quick, but it can be done with bipartisan cooperation in Washington, Congressman-elect Tom Rooney said as he visited the Highlands County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning. ...more

December 17, 2008

During a rich and long life, Owen Gall was a citrus grower, industrialist, newspaperman, Army captain, community leader, raconteur, golfer, faultless gentleman and philanthropist. ...more

November 15, 2008

They survived war, but for some veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, returning to work back home hasn't been easy. ...more

August 21, 2008

A lease-breaching St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out today to basic training in South Carolina was still hoping for a resolution to the case Monday, his attorney said. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out Tuesday to basic training in South Carolina remains saddled with an apartment lease, said the private's attorney. ...more

June 16, 2008

A girl strapped with explosives approaches an Iraqi army captain, who dies in the suicide blast. A woman posing as a mother-to-be to disguise a bulging bomb belt strikes a wedding procession as part of a coordinated attack that kills nearly three dozen people. ...more

June 7, 2008

AVON PARK — Almost as a lark, Dave Simpson entered his wife's name in a Mother's Day contest. "I went online, and wrote a 250-word essay," he said. And a few days later, he received a phone call. She was one of the 25 winners of the annual Best Moms of the Bay contest, and she was invited to dinner with two of Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "She was one of 600 entries submitted," said Simpson, a former Army captain who is now an JROTC instructor. Ronda formerly installed and maintained computers for Highlands County schools, but in the past few years she's been the stay-at-home mom of three children and a stepson. ...more

May 10, 2008

Never before has a hole in the ground been so widely anticipated, and no one gets more credit for that happening than a young lady whose donation perhaps makes it possible. When the Highlands County Family YMCA pool gets build, it will be called the Capt. Justin K. Ward Aquatic Center. Many will not know that Justin K. Ward was an Army captain killed in a car accident but his memory will live each time someone takes a dip in the pool or learns how to swim. ...more

October 2, 2007