Through the decades, several Halloween myths have surfaced about the dangers of trick-or-treating. Among them: Evil people hide razors in apples while others taint candy. ...more

October 25, 2009

In an effort to address the health care concerns of rural residents in Highlands and surrounding counties, the Florida Office of Rural Health will hold a town hall meeting starting at noon, Thursday, at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center to receive public input. ...more

March 11, 2009

Community members working to devise a vision for the area south of the Little Manatee River may want to think about new, greener ways of orchestrating their vision. ...more

January 21, 2009

John Stewart has been the Florida High School Athletic Association executive director the past five years. ...more

November 30, 2008

The presidential election may be over, but a Democratic activist continued Monday to argue his case that Florida violated federal law when it moved up the primary date to Jan. 29. ...more

November 11, 2008

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, quickly turned a $5,000 Florida condo investment into a profit of more than $100,000 in a questionable transaction that federal prosecutors would like to introduce as evidence at his trial next month on charges that he lied on financial disclosure forms. ...more

August 16, 2008

Hillsborough County will not challenge Bright House Networks over the cable company's decision to move government and educational programming to higher channel numbers and charge customers to access those channels. ...more

January 4, 2008

With the release of the Mitchell Report on Thursday, state Rep. Marcelo Llorente, R-Miami, said he hopes others will finally take notice of what he considers a trend of young players using steroids. ...more

December 14, 2007

The Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is looking to hire a lobbyist, less than a year after the state's auditor general said the practice might not be legal. ...more

October 23, 2007

SEBRING – Population wise, Highlands County is a proverbial small fish in the big pond of Florida. But it's making a big splash statewide with its decision to build the state's first government-owned and operated asphalt plant. The project, scheduled to begin production in May, has reportedly set off a drive by the state's asphalt paving industry for a state law to stop this idea from spreading to other counties. ...more

October 12, 2007