SEBRING — In the living room, there's a couch, but no chairs, no coffee table, not even a painting on the wall. Visitors sit at the kitchen table. In the bedrooms, there are two bunk bed mattresses, but no bed frame. And nothing else. Paul isn't a minimalist, he was homeless last week. Until two weeks ago, Paul, who didn't want to give his last name, was living in a domestic violence shelter with his children, and was one of 15 Highlands County residents given a place to live by the Agency for Community Treatment Services Inc. "We need a homeless shelter in Highlands County, bad," said Terri McClelland, the local ACTS housing case manager, who helps the homeless. ...more

February 7, 2008

The old Southern term "breaking bad" means to behave in a violent, wanton or outrageous manner for no discernible reason. ...more

January 17, 2008

The stock market goes up 200 points one day, and down 200 the next. Inflation is heating up, credit is tight and there's talk the economy may fall into recession. ...more

December 26, 2007

TAMPA - The chill is in the air, if you consider high 50s cold; it was light on the morning commute this morning. It must be fall in Florida, about time for the price for a gallon of gasoline to spike. ...more

November 5, 2007

The calculus of living paycheck to paycheck in America is getting harder. ...more

October 20, 2007