Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. ...more

October 1, 2009

Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. The Silver Star is scheduled to leave Tampa at 3:17 p.m. rather than 5:17 p.m. to accommodate CSX Transportation track work. ...more

September 30, 2009

Highlands Today has an article stating that Commissioner Carlson thinks that the county libraries should be used for research and not for pleasure. All we need is a politician telling us what we should read and do in the libraries that we, the public, bought and paid for. ...more

June 9, 2009

Three days after his 2-month-old baby was taken by a woman who he said was impersonating an immigration official, Andres Cruz said he still did not have a clue why someone would have done that. "We haven't done anything to anyone or owe anything," he said Thursday. "Why would anyone harm us?" ...more

March 27, 2009

Andres Cruz said he was scared when a woman claiming to be an immigration official came to his job and told him she needed to take his 2-month-old baby. ...more

March 26, 2009

President Barack Obama told Jay Leno on Thurday that he was stunned when he learned of the bonuses that bailed-out insurance giant AIG was paying its employees. ...more

March 19, 2009

Sheriff's deputies arrested a 50-year-old man, accusing him of using a 17-year-old girl to commit prostitution. ...more

March 19, 2009

A 46-year-old Ohio man tried taking his daughter from her biological mother's custody by flying to the girl's Florida home, grabbing her and forcing her into his vehicle, Hillsborough County deputies say. The man, Steven Ostromek, then changed vehicles and drove his 11-year-old daughter to Tampa International Airport, where he tried flying the girl to Ohio, according to deputies. ...more

February 16, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of snatching his 1-year-old child out of a moving car during an argument with his estranged wife, putting the child in harm's way, an affidavit states. ...more

February 14, 2009

I read with interest the letter titled simply "Conservatives" printed on Jan. 20 in Highlands Today. Frankly, Roger, reading your letter was a bit confusing. I could not determine whether you intended to drop a bomb on all conservatives, or whether you were mainly critical of such people as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, etc. ...more

January 23, 2009