Many Highlands County residents may know Jon Spiegel from the Carousel of Lights Christmas display on the Sebring Circle, or perhaps he or his cronies has scared you during the Halloween Terror Trail he puts together with the Highlands County Humane Society. ...more

December 21, 2009

As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash. ...more

October 4, 2008

Fred Hladik must have managed to blow out all 97 candles on his birthday cake because his wish - to call another square dance - came true Oct. 28 at a Halloween dance at the Brandon Community Center. He had been a professional caller in the 1930s and '40s and is 'a full-time, valued member of the Bay Area Twirlers Square Dance Club,' said Patricia Wells, first vice president. ...more

October 8, 2007