It was dark; dark like it only can get in the mountains when the clouds sweep in. ...more

January 3, 2010

It's the holiday season, but it's not a cheery time for Floridians with disabilities and their families. The state is in the process of reviewing individual "cost plans" - a process that likely will result in painful service reductions for many of Florida's most vulnerable citizens. ...more

December 20, 2009

Authorities are handing out flyers of the man accused of shooting four relatives to death after a Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida. ...more

December 16, 2009

The Christmas season is when I reach out to all the people who have been special in my life. Whether by writing Christmas cards, sending e-mail greetings, or sharing hugs, I'm always reminded of how blessed I am to have my wonderful friends. Henry Adams said, "One true friendship in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible." If true friendship is that rare, just what makes people "friends?" ...more

December 13, 2009

Reading the letter from Betty Prescott in the Nov. 4 edition of the Highlands Today only increased my feeling of gloom and despair about the way our country is speedily heading down the drain. I had heard the news about no Social Security increase for 2010. In the very next story, it was reported that Brother Obama has plans to send $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan. ...more

November 23, 2009

Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu. ...more

October 31, 2009

Killed in a fiery single-engine plane crash Friday night in Zephyrhills were a 46-year-old mother newly married only a week ago and her 7-year-old daughter whom she had just picked up for a weekend visit, according to a friend of the child's father. ...more

October 24, 2009

Authorities say the troubled Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death in a plane crash to avoid financial ruin bilked about $1 million from friends and relatives as part of an investment scheme that has led to 11 felony charges. ...more

August 23, 2009

President Barack Obama's aunt says he was born in Hawaii and she can't understand claims that he's not a natural-born American citizen. ...more

August 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Mary Jane Stanley, ex-president of the Pasco Economic Development Council, said this week she is ready to move on with her life after losing her job because of comments she made to a Tampa business magazine. ...more

July 3, 2009