They've handed out flyers, gone door-to-door and answered questions at a public forum. Now it's time for Avon Park's registered voters to choose three of four candidates for city council Tuesday. How well do you know your candidates and the issues they want to address if elected? ...more

November 2, 2009

A local family foundation will match donations up to $15,000 made on Christmas Eve to The Salvation Army's Red Kettles. ...more

December 22, 2008

Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration on its Iraq war strategy, will bring qualities to the job of Veterans Affairs secretary his predecessors sometimes lacked: credibility, experience and sound judgment. ...more

December 8, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy shortly before the U.S. invasion. ...more

December 7, 2008

I wonder how many readers remember how and why the United States became involved in the costly Iraq disaster? We entered that war because of what some have called the "big lie," fabricated by Colin Powell, the retired army general turned secretary of state. ...more

October 27, 2008

Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq but won't promise more details until fall - timing that plunges the four-star Army general into the heart of this year's presidential elections. ...more

May 23, 2008

Many Iraqis, desperate to earn decent wages and bring stability to their country, support American forces by working as Arabic interpreters. ...more

December 26, 2007

The selection committee to pick Hernando County's next administrator will meet for the first time Wednesday to begin interviewing a short list of candidates. ...more

December 18, 2007