If you own property in Highlands County you should have received, or soon will be receiving, your tax bill in the mail from the Highlands County Tax Collector's Office. ...more

November 5, 2009

How can anyone read Terry Collins' letter and not laugh out loud? To blame a president, left with a mess like he was, to turn it around in four and a half months is beyond me. Everything Mr. Collins complains about happened while his "boys," G. Worthless and The Grim Reaper (Cheney), were in office. Oh, doesn't the president have veto power over any bills that cross his desk? Thought so. ...more

June 11, 2009

A convicted sex offender remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say he moved from his last known Avon Park address without notifying authorities. ...more

March 5, 2009

8:15 p.m. University of South Florida's Marshall Center The last 100 or so students are standing in line at the University of South Florida's Marshall Center still waiting to vote. Officials say during a 20-minute period tonight they had run out of ballots. ...more

November 4, 2008

2:49 p.m.: I've been covering the 2008 election for 15 months now. I waited until Election Day in a bipartisan spirit, thinking that being a late decider would help keep my reporting unbiased. ...more

November 4, 2008

He has switched over his driver's license and sent Blue Cross a change of address, so Englewood newcomer Dave Smith is ready to formally kick off his new life in Florida this week by being shot out of a cannon across 160 linear feet of parked cars. ...more

November 26, 2007