Nearly 200 people assembled Monday at the local American Legion hall to honor the country's fallen soldiers. ...more

May 31, 2008

More than a week before Memorial Day, when the nation honors the men and women who have died in military service, past and present members of the U.S. Armed Forces were celebrated in South Shore. ...more

May 24, 2008

SEBRING — It was a somber atmosphere Friday at the Highlands County Government Center boardroom when close to 200 people gathered to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. "It's not how they died that made them heroes, but how they lived," quoted on the memorial program from America's Most Wanted. ...more

May 10, 2008

I feel that the very idea that the Highlands County School Board has to have discussions and special meetings to address this issue is an excessively waste of thought, working hours and especially time away from more important issues. For I feel that if one feels he is from an ape, then one should be in the idiot zoo where one will "fit in" and be at home and the school of teachings one's own beliefs. For apparently, from the letters one has written to the newspaper editor, he has certainly proved himself to be that of the ignorant and illiterate non-human species. ...more

February 13, 2008

Wanted: Military veterans or their representatives to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at county commission meetings. ...more

January 13, 2008

As expected, Chris Kingsley on Wednesday was unanimously appointed chairman of the county commission for 2008. ...more

January 10, 2008

Named County Commission chairman for 2008. ...more

January 9, 2008

In response to a letter written by Jim Gulledge, he falsely claimed, in referring to Senator Barack Obama, 'born a Muslim and still a Muslim, he could only bring disharmony to our country." Let us set the record straight since Mr. Gulledge certainly did not verify his assertions or he would have found that Barack Obama was born Aug. 14, 1951, in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, a U.S. citizen who met and married Mr. Obama while they were students at the University of Hawaii, where Ann was studying anthropology and Barack Obama was studying economics. Shortly after his son's birth, Mr. Obama left his wife and child to continue his education in a Ph.D. program at Harvard. The Obama's were divorced when Barack was 2 years old. And he did not see his father again until he was ten years old. at which time Mr. Obama spent two months visiting in Hawaii. ...more

December 29, 2007

Sometimes, state lawmakers, including Pasco County Sen. Mike Fasano, wrongly try to force their values on the public school system. For example, requiring U.S. flags in classrooms and trying to make students recite the Pledge of Allegiance won't make youths be more patriotic if they don't want to be, and it could have the opposite effect. ...more

December 9, 2007

The student body of Mulrennan Middle School became the stars and stripes Nov. 9 "to show their appreciation for those that have served our nation in the armed forces," said seventh-grade geography teacher James W. Pope. ...more

November 21, 2007