The Highlands County commissioners brought Michael Wright here 78 days ago as their new chief executive officer with one main mission: to make the hard decisions on a tough-times budget caused by the recession. ...more

August 17, 2008

It's getting into the heart of August and hurricane season and tropical depressions are lining up out in the Atlantic, so I shouldn't have been all that surprised when an angry wind whipped through the house and circled around my head. ...more

August 13, 2008

The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. ...more

July 24, 2008

It was bad enough, police say, when they showed up at 10406 N Mitchell Ave. early yesterday morning to find out that the man who called 911 did so because his friends were bothering him. ...more

July 5, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The county's pet-friendly evacuation shelter at Pine View Middle School is opening its doors to a broader area this year. ...more

June 1, 2008

Pinellas County gives just nine employees a county car to drive. In Pasco County, just 10 supervisors drive county cars home, a number that will be cut later this year. ...more

May 12, 2008

I would like to make a suggestion in order to save some money on gas for publicly funded vehicles. I think we should charge parents of the public school system children $10 per day to ride the bus to school since they, too, are "wasting gas." ...more

May 9, 2008

This is a response to the story about the gentleman responding to the article of the woman who was airlifted to Tampa following a stabbing in Avon Park. I believe that this gentleman is misinformed on some of his facts and I would like to set the record straight. First I will say that I am a nurse at Florida Hospital and am proud to work and serve my community. Our hospitals (in Sebring, Lake Placid and Wauchula) all are capable of handling most emergencies we face in Highlands County. We are able to handle most emergencies, but apparently not this woman's. She had sustained knife wounds, which could not be handled in Highlands County and the decision was made to get her somewhere quickly where she could get her wounds taken care of. ...more

January 11, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. ...more

January 8, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. In the Hernando County School Board's annual financial audit for 2006-07, released last month, the district has shown major improvement in an area where it has been historically cited. ...more

January 8, 2008