Well, we had a few really cold days there last week. Even my leather jacket got a workout, and that's a rarity. Naturally, this all happened days after my brother and his wife left to go back to Virginia. They complained about how hot it was here in Florida. If only they could have stayed a few more days. While I was in Boca Raton, I took somewhere in the neighborhood of 260 photographs with my digital camera. It's a nice Fujifilm camera that I got last year. I don't claim to know what I'm doing with a camera...I have no idea about things like shutter speed or F Stops, but I'm fairly OK at composing a photo. And when you take 260 photos, you're bound to get at least a few good shots. So I was in Wal-Mart at the Kodak kiosk, getting some photos printed, and everything went just fine. Until I got to the counter, that is. The clerk at the photo lab took one look at a photo of my niece, Bella, and said, "Sir, you can't have these. These were taken by a professional photographer." ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - Deputies are looking for a 29-year-old man who they say abducted his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint at about 5 p.m. today from her uncle's home. ...more

December 31, 2007

Thank you for all the visits, phone calls, flowers, and kindness shown to all of our family during the loss of Purvis (Turkey) Thomas., a son, dad and brother. A special thank you to Highlands County Sheriff and also the staff at the Good Shepherd Hospice; your nurses were tops. ...more

December 21, 2007

Don't ask me where the year went; I haven't a clue. But here we are, at the holidays once again. I keep telling myself that this is not the time of year to try and lose all that weight I need to lose. There's simply too much good (and bad) food. I was really good at Thanksgiving this year, skipping all the desserts. OK, so I was just that full. I couldn't even think about a slice of pie. ...more

December 3, 2007

HUDSON - A gunshot from a .22-caliber rifle penetrated a Hudson mobile home Saturday, wounding an 11-year-old girl, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports. ...more

November 18, 2007

A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $550,000 bail as well as an INS detainer, charged with shooting his girlfriend's niece during a domestic violence disturbance. ...more

November 8, 2007

About 35 family members and friends came together to help Sallie Duprow celebrate a century of life. ...more

October 27, 2007

Today, Sallie Duprow is going to have the celebration of a lifetime, or two. ...more

October 13, 2007

Today, Sallie Duprow is going to have the celebration of a lifetime, or two. ...more

October 11, 2007

RIVERVIEW - To the Purcells, Shelby wasn't a dog but their baby, who squeezed onto the couch to watch television and bounced on their trampoline. To Renea Bell, the dog seemed vicious, leaving two punctures in the calf of her 9-year-old niece. Wednesday, the Purcells questioned why a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy had shot and killed the animal instead of calling animal control officers. Meanwhile, Bell expressed relief that her niece was not seriously hurt. ...more

September 19, 2007