"Who are you? And how can you write such crap?" ...more

June 14, 2008

One juror, a white woman, was trying to convince the others that the murder victim had been bruised during a struggle, not during consensual sex with the defendant. Bruises like those, the juror supposedly said, can happen "when a big black guy beats up on a small woman." ...more

January 4, 2008

SEBRING — Residents of the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District have been alerted to call the Highlands County Sheriff's Office in the event a solicitor knocks at the door trying to sell cleaning or other services. Door-to-door solicitation is not allowed in the district, said Ileana Martinez, administrative service coordinator. "Residents have called in to complain," Martinez said Tuesday. ...more

December 20, 2007

SEBRING — Residents of the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District have been alerted to call the Highlands County Sheriff's Office in the event a solicitor knocks at the door trying to sell cleaning or other services. ...more

December 19, 2007

Clarence Thomas' memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," is a must-read for anyone trying to figure out the U.S. Supreme Court justice. ...more

November 19, 2007

Wheeler Parker remembers vividly the night of Aug. 28, 1955, when two white men burst into his bedroom. ...more

November 18, 2007

The death of Martin Lee Anderson could have the same galvanizing effect across the country as the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, protesters said Tuesday on the steps of the capital city's federal courthouse. ...more

October 24, 2007

Regarding 'Acquitted On all Counts' (front page, Oct. 13): I read with disbelief the headlines that the seven boot camp employees were exonerated of any responsibility in the 14-year-old child's death. Just watching the video makes a case for brutality. If the kid had been a dog, the guards would have been convicted of animal cruelty at the very least. ...more

October 16, 2007