Ciara Johnson is a big Miley Cyrus fan who wants to pursue a singing career. The soft-spoken Carrollwood teen could move closer to that dream if she wins a recording contract in a contest sponsored by the "Hannah Montana" star. ...more

October 23, 2009

In a recent front-page story in Highlands Today, it reported on the growing number of calls from parents to law enforcement regarding basic parenting issues, such as getting kids to come in the house or other disciplinary problems. This leaves most people dumbstruck that this is what we have become. It explains a lot of what's wrong in many areas of our society. ...more

March 4, 2009

If some of the players on Berkeley Prep's nationally ranked boys soccer team appear to know what the other one is going to do one or two passes ahead of the run of play, well, there's a good explanation for that. ...more

February 19, 2009

The Bucs play Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest in the state semifinals Friday. ...more

February 18, 2009

She's no bigger than half the children in the room. But Carol Abbott has a voice that commands attention. ...more

November 22, 2008

Most of them won't even be eligible to vote in 2012, but eighth-graders at Hudson Middle School were as interested as anyone in the just-completed presidential election. And not just because they had a class project related to it. The students took part in "Letters to the Next President," a collaborative effort between the National Writing Project and Internet enterprise Google. ...more

November 8, 2008

SEBRING — The idea is to help children learn about financial concepts, but adults — perhaps lots of them — could also benefit from the knowledge from workshops dealing with money. A parent workshop on "The ABCs of Teaching Your Kids About Money" was held last Tuesday at the Highlands County YMCA. Two workshops involving pre-teens and teens are tentatively planned for the first week of August. ...more

July 6, 2008

site of the first Super Bowl, the Olympic Games (1932 and 1984), plus countless classic college football games - the University of Florida women's soccer team hopes to create some memories of its own. ...more

November 24, 2007