Terry Grace Sears knows she still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terrorist attack. ...more

August 17, 2008

The Sebring Chamber of Commerce has reminded us to shop locally. What a great concept! With all of the growth of the "Big Boys" on the highway, we seem to have forgotten that basic idea. ...more

August 14, 2008

Bruce Borkosky and Jeri Canale are running as Democrats for County Commissioner District 3. ...more

August 11, 2008

David Schmidt and Susan Valdes have never run against each other for school board, but they share a unique political link. ...more

August 5, 2008

Has anyone noticed how the government reacts when money is short? ...more

August 2, 2008

Board votes 3-0 to approve millage rate of 7.78 ...more

July 30, 2008

It's not going to be an easy year. That's the word from the members of the Hernando County School Board, who voted 3-0 Tuesday during their first budget hearing to approve a proposed millage rate of 7.78, which will generate $84.4 million in tax revenues at 95 percent collections. ...more

July 30, 2008

We're sure the good folks at Wendy's worked long hours and invested great amounts of sweat equity into their new product. No doubt millions were spent on R&D and focus groups and marketing budgets and awareness campaigns and restaurant staff training. All to jump feet-first into the very crowded and very lucrative breakfast market. ...more

July 30, 2008

Call it the Summer of the Virtual Classroom. Years of growth in online education at Florida's colleges and universities have led to unprecedented spikes in enrollment this summer, and the momentum is building faster for the fall. ...more

July 27, 2008

Being an Avon Park City Council member is tough work these days. They are tasked with figuring out how to cut large amounts our of the city's budget for next year. It's a job a lot of our elected city and county officials are dealing with these days, and will continue for some time to come. ...more

July 22, 2008