With revenue up, no reports of bad behavior and minimal public dissent, the city council voted 4-0 this week to continue allowing alcohol use in three parks at which public events take place. ...more

October 24, 2009

With revenue up, no reports of bad behavior and minimal public dissent, the City Council on Tuesday voted 4-0 to continue allowing alcohol use in three parks at which public events take place. ...more

October 24, 2009

We don't see looting. We don't see street violence. We don't see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them. ...more

April 4, 2009

Imagine being Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney. He's been on the job 10 months and he's watched his department come apart piece by piece, and none of it is his fault. ...more

April 1, 2009

Animal rights activists asked a federal judge Wednesday to find that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus violates the Endangered Species Act by using metal-tipped prods and chains to control its elephants. ...more

March 18, 2009

A staff sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is accused of beating a 4-year-old boy with a belt over bad behavior at school, officials said. ...more

March 18, 2009

Highlands County's population will grow by the more than a hundred thousand for the 57th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race, and that means area law enforcement will be devoting their efforts to keeping fans safe. ...more

March 14, 2009

Boo-Hoo-Hoo Now we have "Daddy" (Chris Kingsley) crying to the newspaper and referring to people who wrote letters against his daughter's letter as "whackos." ...more

November 14, 2008

In response to my column tweaking Red Sox and Phillies fans for their vaunted bad behavior, the fans vented via phone and e-mail. ...more

October 22, 2008

From child protection to prisons, no state service is immune from potentially draconian funding cuts next year, as the state struggles to fill a budget hole as large as $3.5 billion. ...more

October 19, 2008