The Highlands County Historic Preservation Commission will take on a new project - putting historical artifacts on display in a public place - in mid July. ...more

June 28, 2009

On Feb. 26, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of an employer in the case of Latrece Lockett vs. Choice Hotels International. Locket, who worked at the hotel's reservations desk, alleged that her employer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act because a male coworker made sexual comments to her when she visited the hotel cafeteria, where he worked. When she complained, the company investigated and the male employee was fired. Lockett was fired because of threats she made toward her male coworker. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Hudson Lady Cobras' ran out of late-game heroics Tuesday night and fell to Eustis High, 2-1. ...more

February 3, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, Dec. 11 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 13, 2008

About the only thing Angel Lockett remembers clearly about the night that would change her life and so many others in this old railroad town is the smell of stale beer and cigarettes that permeated the little TV repair shop across the street from the Silver Dollar Saloon. ...more

September 28, 2008

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Houston Nutt needed just five games to get a signature win at Mississippi. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Rev. Richard Lockett Jr. directs nondenominational Bethany Christian Discipleship Church on Sundays at Muvico Starlight 20 theater. He hopes it's the ticket to putting more people in the seats. ...more

February 16, 2008

The word of God isn't a black thing or a white thing: It's a blanket that wraps around us all, according to the Rev. Richard Lockett Jr. ...more

February 16, 2008

The word of God isn't a black thing or a white thing; it's a blanket that wraps around us all, according to the Rev. Richard Lockett Jr. ...more

February 14, 2008