Danish police fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the U.N. climate conference on Wednesday, as disputes inside left major issues unresolved just two days before world leaders hope to sign a historic agreement to fight global warming. ...more

December 16, 2009

The students who graduated from Simmons Career Center May 27 have good reason to be excited about their recent accomplishments, school officials said. ...more

June 10, 2009

Imagine showing up for swim class and getting an Olympic champion to show you a few moves. ...more

April 25, 2009

The Plant girls swim team has won a district title so many years in a row that Coach Gil Gonzalez has lost count. The Panthers are so used to winning, swimmers had to battle more than the other competitors at Saturday's Class 2A-District 8 meet. They had to battle complacency. ...more

November 2, 2008

Almost every day, we hear about more budget cuts and price increases. The county is freaking out because the river of money has become a trickling stream. They are like kids who can't save their Christmas or birthday money. Then when they need it, it's not there and they cry. ...more

September 12, 2008

Padraig Harrington never tires of reading the fine print on the silver claret jug, and as he stood up from a table at Royal Birkdale after winning his second straight British Open, he slowly turned golf's oldest trophy to see his name on consecutive rows. ...more

July 24, 2008

This week I read that Carl Cool, who retired as Highlands County Administrator, had announced his candidacy to run for county commissioner. I was very surprised to see an employee of the county who retries one week and announces he was seeking re-employment by the county within two weeks. I thought this would be unethical. ...more

June 15, 2008

Kwabena Sam-Brew, a 38-year-old immigrant from Ghana, doubted that Nana, his 5-year-old American-born daughter, would remember the rally that effectively crowned Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee on Tuesday night. But Sam-Brew said he would describe it to her: ...more

June 5, 2008

Unlike some of his teammates, Carlos Pena hasn't suffered through years of 90-loss seasons as a member of the Rays. But that doesn't mean he can't appreciate the turn the franchise seems to have taken this offseason. ...more

November 30, 2007