The community dream of additional end-of-life care services for residents of Highlands, Hardee and Polk counties will be one step closer when Good Shepherd Hospice holds a ground-breaking ceremony for its new Highlands County Hospice House on Jan. 7 at 10:30 a.m. in Sebring. ...more

January 2, 2010

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Americans should be wary of "cradle-to-grave micromanagement" of health care by the federal government. ...more

March 21, 2009

WE WANT TO KNOW: Is The Economy Changing Your Lifestyle? Has the economy caused you to make any drastic or major changes in your life? ...more

January 17, 2009

Each day in Ashley Duke's class at Bevis Elementary School, 7-year-old Carson Cochrane listens to the lessons, does his class work and like any first grader, plays around with his classmates during free time. ...more

December 26, 2008

As I write today, I am in tears! ...more

December 18, 2008

Nearly every night, Martin Hornung's nightmare unfolds to the same haunting strains. Of Auschwitz. Of screaming voices. Of scenes he would rather not relive in the light of day. ...more

August 24, 2008

It'll be up to a judge or jury to separate fact from emotion in hearing a lawsuit that blames a husband and wife for not saving a man's life when he was stricken during dinner two years ago. But the simple fact that the complaint was filed is chilling. ...more

June 20, 2008

The parents of Nate Wilder, a Plant City preschooler who recently received a liver transplant, are spreading his success story to emphasize the importance of organ donors. ...more

June 4, 2008

Days after attempting suicide, a Florida murder suspect told a Georgia judge that rather than extradition to Florida or more time in a Georgia jail, he'd prefer to have his mother come pick him up. ...more

December 12, 2007

Days after attempting suicide, a Florida murder suspect told a Georgia judge that rather than being extradited to Florida or spending even more time in a Georgia jail, he'd rather have his mother come pick him up. ...more

December 12, 2007