After kicking a barbecue grill at people, swinging a chair at them and threatening bodily harm, a 25-year-old man kicked at officers and threatened to hurt the officers and their wives, Temple Terrace police say. Officers arrested Terrance Price Davis at 9:03 p.m. Monday. ...more

June 23, 2009

POWER OF THE PRESS If you're a coffee freak (welcome to the club, by the way), you probably know all about the flavor you get from a French press coffeemaker. Using one, however, requires a little patience while waiting for the coffee grounds to diffuse into the water. AeroPress solves that time crunch by using a plunger to push the water through the grounds in only 20 seconds. A microfilter sifts out the usual grit you would get at the bottom of the cup. Cost: $25.95. Available at www.aerobie.com and the Sarasota-based www.cappojim.com. ...more

May 6, 2008

SEBRING — In a sworn affidavit, former Assistant State Attorney Joan Hughes stated she bought and paid for a Ray-O-Vac lantern found in the garage of retired Sheriff's Sgt. Sharon Glisson. An internal investigation sustained allegations of petty theft and misconduct, claiming the belief of investigators that a lantern was taken on Aug. 28, 2007 by Glisson from a growhouse at 3010 Cedora Terrace, in Sebring. Assuming Hughes statement made under oath is true, the lantern found in the garage could not have come from the growhouse. ...more

December 15, 2007

A fire that destroyed a $900,000 home Monday apparently started when the occupant walked away from a barbecue grill after turning up the burners to clean it. ...more

December 11, 2007

Vietnam veteran Frederick A. Taylor Jr. stood at the lectern Wednesday morning, trying his best to convince a group of glassy-eyed high school students that they should register to vote. ...more

November 14, 2007

Halloween novelties are the rage now, but whoopee cushions and joy buzzers are still steady sellers at the mail-order company once described as "the Rosetta stone of American culture." ...more

October 11, 2007

Nothing says 'trick or treat' quite like a severed hand and foot roasting on a barbecue grill. And nothing warms the mischievous Halloween heart as much as - Are you sitting down? - a high-tech, remote control whoopee cushion. ...more

October 11, 2007

TAMPA - Two kinds of smoke floated Saturday morning over the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4321 in Hyde Park. ...more

October 6, 2007

The article in Sunday's edition concerning cleaning Lake Tulane didn't inform the readers of one important fact. The food and soft drinks that were prepared and served by volunteers from the Highlands County Lakes Association was paid for by a grant from the county using the portion of the Highlands County tourist tax funds dedicated to lake-related spending. ...more

September 13, 2007

Everywhere you look these days, the functional is getting a coat of froufrou. Let's call it cutility. ...more

September 3, 2007