Regarding Mr. Garcia's letter to the editor in Friday's Highlands Today, dated Sept. 19, where he states Mr. Grimming brought the FHP into the 21st century, let me tell you my experience with this modern organization. While driving on I-4, heading north for a vacation, we lost the tread on the left inside rear tire on our motor home. I pulled off onto the shoulder and was attempting to get the jack under the axle when I was stung some 25 times by fire ants. A state trooper pulled up and wanted to know if we were OK? Handing him my Good Sam Road Side Assistance card, I asked if he could have his dispatcher call the number on the card. I also told him Good Sam policy was to have someone here to help within 30 minutes. The trooper had a good laugh at that but did ask the dispatcher to call the toll free number. ...more

September 22, 2008

Dear Abby: My husband is not very good when it comes to taking care of his car. He never changes the oil - he just keeps adding new oil to the existing. ...more

September 21, 2008

The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that he does not believe Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. ...more

September 18, 2008

Throughout most of their existence, the Rays could have put in a claim for just about anybody they wanted on the waiver wire and had little doubt that they would end up taking priority. Not that they really needed to most of the time, given they never were playing for anything and only trolled the wire to fill a stray hole here and there. ...more

August 17, 2008

Sirchauncey Holloway won't be able tote the football in his senior season of high school, but he knows where he will play the year after that. ...more

June 25, 2008

David Archuleta has a job lined up once his "American Idol" tour is over — not that there was any doubt. ...more

June 11, 2008

After months of doubt surrounding the proposed sale of the Lightning to Hollywood producer Oren Koules, the process is in the final stages of being completed. ...more

May 3, 2008

REVIEW: Wi-Gear iMuffs cordless headphones ($179.99 at amazon.com) ...more

May 2, 2008

It is abundantly clear that Hernando County Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre has failed to uphold the integrity of the position she now holds. ...more

January 12, 2008

SEBRING — Some Highlands County citizens are calling the tentative plan to re-open popular Lake Denton illegal. Others are calling it ridiculous. One who is doing both is Ken Melvin, one of the seven members of the special Lake Denton Citizens Advisory Committee. On Jan. 2, the Highlands County commissioners are scheduled to at least discuss, and possibly vote on, the committee's controversial, four-point recommendation to re-open this closed public lake. "I think it's illegal," Melvin said about the committee's recommendation to severely restrict public access and charge weekend "user's fees" of $25 per day to scuba divers, boaters, fishermen, swimmers and sunbathers. "I'm going to say that to the commissioners on Wednesday," Melvin said. He was sick for several months and missed the last two advisory committee meetings. ...more

December 29, 2007