It was the second-worst month on record for sales of new homes. But last month still brought a long-awaited shred of good news for the battered building industry. ...more

March 26, 2009

It's often difficult to knowwhen elected representatives should make tough decisions and when the people should have the final say. Both ways have merit, and in Spring Lake, it's clear what must be done. ...more

March 22, 2009

Don't be a chicken! Check out the wing-eating personalities below and see which one sounds most like you. ...more

January 27, 2009

An unbiased evaluation of the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission, contracted for a state agency, praises the board's independence and value. ...more

January 6, 2009

A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating how benefit claims documents nearly got destroyed at four regional offices, including Bay Pines Health Care System in St. Petersburg. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating how benefit claims documents nearly got destroyed at four regional offices, including Bay Pines Health Care System in St. Petersburg. ...more

October 23, 2008

Isaiah Collins had minutes to live as he lay bleeding on the roadside by the bright green palmettos. ...more

May 27, 2008

I read with interest the op-ed in the Jan. 12 edition of Highlands Today, on whether evolution should be debated in science classes. It was attributed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. What the author apparently meant was that evolution should be accepted as proven fact, and that no other theory should be considered. I am sick of the argument that, "Evolution is science and creation and intelligent design are not, so don't debate them in science class!" ...more

January 16, 2008

Rachel Mohammed knows her husband of nine years wouldn't just wander off without a word. ...more

November 7, 2007