Until recently for elementary students in Highlands County public schools, no lunch money meant no hot meal for lunch. ...more

March 5, 2009

Local NAACP leaders strive to find new ways to make the organization relevant for young people today. ...more

February 8, 2009

They'll be back. Don't think for a minute that they won't. ...more

November 22, 2008

Hoping to understand others' suffering, a group of Saint Leo University students and teachers went 24 hours without food to raise awareness of hunger in Haiti. ...more

November 20, 2008

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the images published from Tuesday's finalizing of the Pasco public school budget speak encyclopedically. They depict an unruly rabble, brandishing signs that suggest the demonstrators are utterly disconnected from modern realities. ...more

September 19, 2008

THE MELVINS: NUDE WITH BOOTS (IPECAC) **½ You just don't realize how prettified most hard rock and metal is until you listen to The Melvins. The Melvins strip it all down to muscle and sinew - it ain't pretty, but it's way more functional. ...more

September 12, 2008

School's started. It's that no-time-to-do-anything time of year again. ...more

August 20, 2008

Cost For Lunch: $2.25 for elementary students; $2.75 for middle and high school students ...more

August 1, 2008

The seeds of secession have been planted in the sandy soil of South Florida. ...more

May 8, 2008

NORTH LAUDERDALE - One city commission wants to divide Florida into two states: North Florida and South Florida. The North Lauderdale City Commission says in a resolution that it's not confident in state leaders when it comes to collecting and spending their own money. ...more

May 7, 2008