The ancient Mayans believed that the world would end in the year 2012. Strangely enough, seers and sorcerers of several other ages and cultures have also focused their predictions of doom on that same year. As a result, there is now a motion picture called "2012" depicting the cataclysmic end of human civilization in that year. ...more

November 1, 2009

I find it disheartening how people seem so distrusting of the government when it comes to health care, but love the idea of government intrusion into our daughters' bodies. Pro-abortion advocates want to use government to control what our daughters can and cannot do. I find this despicable. Abortion is a personal matter, not a decision that can be decided by sweeping laws. I want my daughter to be able to make her own decisions. No government official will tell her if she can or cannot have an abortion. To make matters worse, these same people who want government intervention into our daughters' wombs go into a fury when the government tries to make us healthier. ...more

October 27, 2009

This is just a thought in reference to the media's priorities. ...more

August 21, 2009

The public is invited to ask questions about the 2009-10 county budget during a 6:30 p.m. workshop Thursday, June 18, at Lorenzo Hamilton Community Center (Kennedy Park), 899 Kennedy Blvd. in Brooksville ...more

June 17, 2009

Heartland Workforce, operating One-Stop Career Centers in DeSoto, Hardee, and Highlands counties, is projected to receive approximately $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (more commonly referred to as the Federal Economic Stimulus Plan) funds for the local workforce region within the next few weeks. ...more

March 15, 2009

GENEVA - Six in ten people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report published Monday. ...more

March 2, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - After almost 18 years at Pierce Middle School, Principal Victor Fernandez is leaving for high school. ...more

February 11, 2009

President Barack Obama is coming to Fort Myers on Tuesday for a town hall-style meeting to tell residents what his $900 billion stimulus plan would mean for them. ...more

February 6, 2009

New county Commissioner Kevin Beckner wants to hear from his constituents directly. ...more

January 28, 2009

The 112 canals running along the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County have never been inspected or maintained by the county. ...more

January 10, 2009