Joining Hands/Pasco Holiday Center is signing up families in need of a helping hand for the holidays. ...more

November 12, 2008

Avon Park, Lake Placid and Sebring are gearing up for their annual Christmas parades. ...more

October 21, 2008

My wife and I are residents of Highlands County five months every year. I spent 40 years in law enforcement and public service and worked at every level from patrolman to chief of police, and finally a town manager. I currently teach Spanish for law enforcement in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. ...more

October 9, 2008

They have been beaten, smashed, scrunched and leveled - and it has happened for the better part of two years while they were skinny, light and relatively weak - and yet these Lennard Longhorns have stuck together. ...more

September 4, 2008

I give thanks to city, county and state law enforcement. When I came in contact with law enforcement three times in two weeks, I thought to myself, "What is going on?" As I pondered I remembered this letter I had been procrastinating about writing through the years. ...more

August 24, 2008

Dear Loyal Friends. ...more

August 5, 2008

Things are tight for city and county governments these days, what with a slow economy and falling tax revenue, so reducing spending is the order of the day. That was the case this week in Tarpon Springs. The financial times there are financially straitened enough that commissioners entertained the idea of cutting from the city's budget for fiscal 2009 money for Christmas decorations. In the end, they decided not to go that far, with Mayor Beverley Billiris stating, "Somehow you just don't mess with Christmas or the holidays." ...more

August 2, 2008

The monthly antique market conducted by the Historic Downtown Plant City Merchants and Business Association is expanding its scope and calendar. ...more

July 15, 2008

Although honoring veterans and our military is a thoughtful and appropriate thing to do anytime, Memorial Day is the one time of year set aside to honor those who have paid the ultimate price for service: Memorial Day is set aside to honor those who gave their life while serving in the United States military. ...more

May 30, 2008

Ah, there's nothing like a relaxing three-day weekend. ...more

May 18, 2008