On a night when microscopic lapel pins bearing John McCain's name winked from every lapel or spaghetti strap, Pasco's Republican faithful were jerked to their feet not by mention of their presumptive presidential nominee - the septuagenarian who claims, abundant evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, to be a foot soldier for Ronald Reagan - but instead by two able pols who, though scarcely having cracked puberty the second time the Gipper took the oath of office, actually march the march. ...more

June 3, 2008

A lot has changed since Peter Edwards first attended meetings addressing problems in his neighborhood near the University of South Florida in the late 1980s. ...more

May 28, 2008

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida will hold their third annual conference devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer May 16 and 17 at the Hyatt Regency Tampa. ...more

May 10, 2008

AVON PARK – South Florida Community College graduates will celebrate their self-determination, diligence, and long hours of study when they are honored during commencement on Monday, May 5, 6:45 p.m., in the SFCC Auditorium, Highlands campus, Avon Park. Speakers will be Norman L. Stephens Jr., SFCC president, Dr. Louis Kirschner, chair, SFCC District Board of Trustees, and Dienatann "Dee Dee" Darceus, SFCC Class of 2008. Bishop Benjamin F. Carter Jr., pastor of Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church of Avon Park, will give the invocation and benediction. Music will be performed by Nelly Guzman Ford. Darceus, the student graduation keynote speaker, is a 2002 Hardee Senior High School graduate and will receive her associate in arts degree. She has applied to SFCC's Radiography Program for next fall. ...more

May 4, 2008

Mari Pothier, a Hernando High School senior and one of the county's top 41 high school students, envisions careers both behind and in front of the camera. ...more

April 27, 2008

Doctors will tackle myths about women's health and provide practical information in a free symposium March 1. ...more

February 22, 2008

SEBRING — Some of the suspects in the recent string of "fishing" car break-ins at Sun 'N Lake of Sebring are the same people who were involved in a series of home burglaries there five months ago. But, said Michael Durham, the attorney for the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, while the sheriff's put these guys "away," the judicial system didn't keep them locked up. Durham answered a few questions at Monday morning's meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association, where Sheriff Susan Benton was the keynote speaker. During a question-and-answer session, Benton referred a question about the recent arrests that broke up the "fishing" car break–in ring at Sun 'N Lake to Capt. Paul Blackman. Blackman credited the department's K-9 units and the new GPS systems in each patrol car as the keys to catching several suspects, who in turn quickly turned in their compatriots in crime. ...more

February 12, 2008

Potential volunteers for the Focus on Females third annual Women's Healthcare Symposium gathered recently to hear more about opportunities to assist with the free event. ...more

February 7, 2008

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Lee Roy Selmon knows something about making a plan and sticking to it. ...more

January 31, 2008

The 2008 festival celebrating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday included some longtime traditions along with some changes. ...more

January 24, 2008