I am so saddened by an article I read today on the front page of the Lake Placid Journal. It tells of a recent "Candy Day" fundraiser held by the Lake Placid Lions Club. Seventy- year-old Lion Miles Lambert, who was born and raised in Lake Placid, and who at the young age of 18 years old first became one of the Lake Placid Lions Club's first members, was arrested, being charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to raise money for the blind and deaf by standing on the sidewalk of the Lake Placid Post Office. After 52 years of giving so much of his time and efforts in the attempt to raise money for those people in our county who so desperately need help with vision and hearing problems, it is unbelievable that our sweet little town has now been infiltrated by someone in such need of standing up to "The Rules" in lieu of someone else's pain. In this day, when so many folks are out of jobs, whose children desperately need glasses that they can't afford, one would certainly admire someone who is giving of his time and efforts to try and help. ...more

December 29, 2009

Police are looking for a man they say stabbed another man outside a bar early this morning following an argument inside the bar. ...more

December 24, 2009

"Honey, come outside. There's something going on." It was already dark, but I went out front, figuring she had discovered another dent in her car. ...more

December 16, 2009

Junior RB Mike Ford's latest driving-related arrest isn't expected to keep him out of the International Bowl, USF coach Jim Leavitt said Friday. ...more

December 12, 2009

A University of Tampa student and his friend were injured early today after a vehicle jumped the curb and struck them near the college, police said. ...more

November 21, 2009

Hannelore Hoffmen could see the chaos and hear it outside of her neighbor's home Sunday night: the smoke, the crackling of the fire, the confusion from those who had been inside and the screams. ...more

November 17, 2009

Gregory Allen Jr. planned to join the National Guard after graduating from Middleton High School, where he had once been named "Turnaround Student of the Year" for the uptick in his academics and behavior. ...more

November 13, 2009

Gregory Allen Jr. planned to join the National Guard after graduating from Middleton High School, where he had once been named "Turnaround Student of the Year" for the uptick in his academics and behavior. ...more

November 12, 2009

A teenager was shot twice in the chest this afternoon and found lying on a sidewalk, Tampa police said. ...more

November 12, 2009

Somer Thompson last was seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday they're searching for anyone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old. ...more

October 24, 2009