A 49-year-old man has been accused of groping and trying to kiss a door-to-door magazine subscription saleswoman. ...more

November 19, 2009

Patricia Lorenz has attitude. And I mean that in a good way. When her book "The 5 Things We Need to be Happy" (Guideposts, $15) showed up on my desk, it caught my attention. I don't know about you, but things seem pretty grim these days. If she had the key to happiness, I wanted to know her secret. ...more

June 13, 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

PLANT CITY Author Bruce Hunt, whose books include a look at Florida bed and breakfasts, will be the featured speaker at an April 16 membership meeting of the Friends of the Bruton Memorial Library. ...more

April 7, 2009

Fans of The Dirt: Penny and I will be at the Tampa GreenFest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and we'd love for you to stop by and say hi. We'll swap stories about our gardening successes, commiserate about our failures and suck up every tidbit of advice you might give us until you swat us away. GreenFest will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and March 29 at Plant Park on the University of Tampa campus. Children 12 and younger get in free; there is a $3 suggested donation for adults. ...more

March 22, 2009

A Winter Haven man was arrested Tuesday morning on felony charges of fighting and baiting animals after Polk County sheriff's deputies found a total of 61 caged roosters and hens in his yard. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Highlands County recycling bins that had been on Museum Avenue near The Depot Museum have been moved to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex. ...more

January 8, 2009

People have started visiting the Highlands County Library's three branches in record numbers, library Director Mary Myers reported on Friday. ...more

October 25, 2008

Welcome to a new day for The Tampa Tribune. What you hold isn't just another newspaper redesign. This is a different newspaper to fit the lives of busy readers like you who are hungry for useful, relevant information. ...more

October 5, 2008

Wanted: executive director for a year-old, regional transportation authority trying to figure out what to build, where to build and how to pay for it all. ...more

August 23, 2008