Mexicans working in other countries are sending less money home, threatening businesses, stalling construction and choking cash flow to hamlets where as much as half the population works in the United States. ...more

August 7, 2008

A recent decision by a federal appellate court goes a long way to protect investors. ...more

August 3, 2008

The view from the balcony of Room 317 stretches in a spectacular and unencumbered semicircle toward forever. This, as any first-year naval cadet (or visitor to www.boatsafe.com) can tell you, amounts to a glorious optical illusion. ...more

July 27, 2008

The driver in a fatal crash April 18 on Flare Road has been arrested and charged in the death of his girlfriend when the car he was driving west on Flare Road hit a tree at the intersection of Brunns Road. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA A combat veteran wounded during his third tour of Iraq was awarded the Purple Heart on Thursday during a ceremony at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. ...more

July 17, 2008

Two men remained in Highlands County Jail on Wednesday, following their arrest late Monday or early Tuesday, after a 34-year-old man reported they beat him and forced him to give them his Xanax pills. ...more

July 17, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates finished his sweeping transformation of the Army's top leadership Friday, with the nomination of two three-star generals to key command posts. ...more

July 12, 2008

Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that runs counter to U.S. policy and undercut Iraq's central government, a congressional committee has concluded. ...more

July 3, 2008

In separate incidents, two out-of-town women were arrested in a drug sting operation Saturday at an Avon Park gas station. ...more

July 1, 2008

AVON PARK – An Alabama man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond after sheriff's investigators say he threatened and stalked his ex-wife as well as threatened to hurt or kill a Department of Children and Families investigator. ...more

June 27, 2008