I really dislike writing a letter about political subjects but after watching the banking hearings, chaired by Sen. Dodd, I must speak out with a plan I believe would save the United States from a takeover by our politicians without our say so. Here is my plan: ...more

September 25, 2008

STARKE - Florida is planning to carry out its 65th execution since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the state's death penalty in 1976. ...more

September 21, 2008

It was time for Mary Dolmonet to leave her hometown in New Jersey and relocate to sunny Florida. ...more

September 15, 2008

Dear Abby: I am a 39-year-old married man. "Lana" and I have been married 10 years. We deal with the usual problems (our son, jobs, money) as a team. I feel blessed to have married my best friend. ...more

September 14, 2008

I'm writing this on behalf of my adopted Florida mom. Her name is Lorayne Januskiewicz. Lately she's been having some rough times. She's been very down in the dumps for sometime, financially and emotionally, and also has had far more than her share of illnesses. ...more

August 31, 2008

Casey Anthony tried to give her missing 3-year-old daughter up for adoption before she was born, but her mother wouldn't let her, according to legal documents that paint the 22-year-old Florida woman as a perplexed, scheming and unbalanced person who repeatedly defended obvious lies in police reports. ...more

August 27, 2008

This letter is in reference to the article "When a Promise Isn't Kept." I was having my morning cup of coffee and I picked up the Highlands Today, dated Aug. 22, and saw the Three Stooges; oh I'm sorry, the Four Stooges, complaining like my mom used to say, "Complaining about how hard they have it with a loaf of bread under each arm." Ford, G.M. and Chrysler are in the shape they are today because of men like these four, wanting more and more! No wonder we are called ugly Americans! The days of working at the same job for 20 years are mostly over and the younger guys coming up don't get benefits like these guys anymore. ...more

August 25, 2008

I give thanks to city, county and state law enforcement. When I came in contact with law enforcement three times in two weeks, I thought to myself, "What is going on?" As I pondered I remembered this letter I had been procrastinating about writing through the years. ...more

August 24, 2008

A student at Mitchell High School reported Thursday morning that a man he didn't know offered to give him a ride to school, the school's principal said in a letter to parents. ...more

August 22, 2008

A student at Mitchell High School reported Thursday morning that a man he didn't know offered to give him a ride to school, the school's principal said in a letter to parents. The man reportedly told the boy, "Your mom said you missed the bus, hop in and I'll give you a ride," Principal Ric Mellin wrote in the letter. The student refused the ride and the incident was reported to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Mellin wrote. The incident happened on Swamp Rose Lane in the Thousand Oaks East subdivision. Mellin wrote that the sheriff's office described the man as white, clean-shaven and wearing a baseball cap. He was driving a four-door, older model dark red car. ...more

August 21, 2008