Highlands County Quilt Guild members have cut, ironed and stitched tirelessly to prepare for its Festival of Quilts to be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Bert J. Harris Agricultural Center in Sebring. ...more

February 3, 2009

She was a beautiful, round-faced girl with large, coal-black eyes and an instant smile. Two years later, the 3-year-old is blind and scarred, her mother is dead and her father's new wife can't cope with caring for her. ...more

December 21, 2008

When write-in candidates manipulate the election process by slamming precinct doors on voters, as they've done to 280,000 people in Pasco and Hillsborough counties this election season, it's time to fight back. ...more

July 21, 2008