The security footage showed it all - a man waiting until after store hours to break in and steal thousands of dollars worth of electronics. ...more

December 9, 2009

While many are tucked in bed watching late-night television, a small cast of residents take on the role of anonymous crime-fighters. ...more

October 22, 2008

I, for one, am really tired of reading the comments of political adversaries of current Sheriff Susan Benton and her staff of officers. Informed citizens, know what a great job the Highlands County Sheriff's Office has done for our county. ...more

September 4, 2008

Into The Cauldron Arthur Hayhoe's letter May 26 ("10 Years Later") regarding a gun ban blithely ignores the Constitution and experiences of a number of countries that confiscated guns from the general public. ...more

June 4, 2008

A lot has changed since Peter Edwards first attended meetings addressing problems in his neighborhood near the University of South Florida in the late 1980s. ...more

May 28, 2008

The ugly, daily fight for ground in the poor Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City unfolded Saturday at a small mosque next door to a hospital, damaging the hospital and all its ambulances, and near a group of children who were injured as they gathered tin cans to sell for salvage. ...more

May 4, 2008

I cannot express the total shock and dissatisfaction of the now known vile garbage that has been exposed, and that is growing in our hamlet of a neighborhood. There are approximately 15 families that live west of Dogwood Court on an intersecting, cul-de-sac ending road. This road runs through the middle of our hamlet, which is filled with children ranging from babies to adolescent teenagers. The bulk of our children can be seen riding bicycles, or visiting other neighborhood children in adjoining driveways and playing in front yards. ...more

November 15, 2007