Even bird counting is feeling the impact of digital technology. Some 50 volunteers will be armed with some of the latest gear when they take to the field Jan. 2 for the West Pasco Audubon Society annual Christmas season bird count. ...more

December 23, 2009

Gifts for the family ...more

December 16, 2009

Penny-pinching gift seekers stormed the stores before dawn on Black Friday, eager to get more bang for their beleaguered bucks. ...more

December 9, 2009

An audit of the Highlands County Road & Bridge Department found several problems, including a $4,300 invoice that was paid twice, work that should not have been performed, a lack of inventory controls and a lack of internal controls. ...more

November 4, 2009

A third teen has been arrested Thursday in connection with a burglary at River Ridge High School. ...more

March 27, 2009

Two River Ridge High School juniors were arrested Tuesday in connection with a March 14 burglary of the school. Cameron Tortarelli and Anthony Dickens, both 17, are charged with armed burglary, grand theft, trespassing on school property and criminal mischief. Dickens also is charged with throwing a missile into a public building. A third boy, 17, had not been arrested as of Wednesday ...more

March 25, 2009

March 9 10 a.m. Introduction to Computers with Windows Vista (1 of 4) ...more

March 6, 2009

Residents surrounding Bayshore Boulevard talked Wednesday night of a war they annually face when Gasparilla rolls into town. ...more

March 5, 2009

A Bartow man accused of breaking into a convenience store early Wednesday morning and taking more than $3,000 in cigarettes is connected to at least four other similar robberies that occurred in Hillsborough County since June, according to criminal arrest affidavits. ...more

February 11, 2009

Imagine using one transponder on toll roads in New York, Georgia and Florida. ...more

February 9, 2009