Joe Stadlin, 92, climbs into his car every Saturday and makes the 45-mile trip from his Okeechobee home to Sebring for band rehearsal. ...more

October 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Thirty cars of pine and plastic set hearts to racing at the fourth annual Myrtle Lake Baptist Church Pine Car Rally. ...more

July 16, 2008

It's a matter of mental health. Lake Magdalene resident John Hughes, 44, picked up the alto saxophone in his late 20s while unhappily married to his first wife and working a stressful managerial position. He later switched to tenor saxophone and honed his chops at bars in Shreveport, La. ...more

July 2, 2008

They call it an invisible wound, and it's quickly becoming known as the signature injury of troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

February 11, 2008

to recycle. In recognition of America Recycles Day on Thursday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is partnering with Recycle Florida Today and Creative Recycling Systems for the fourth annual Florida Schools Recycling Pledge Card Contest. ...more

November 14, 2007

I am so glad to hear that yet another individual has "retired" to Highlands County and seeking gainful employment. Your article "Candidate Files for Sheriff" on Oct.18 features Ronald Grimming and after several lengthy careers in law enforcement, retiring from two separate states' highway patrol command positions, as well as retiring from one stint with Miami-Dade College. At 62, this individual is probably eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Now this individual wants to be our sheriff. I am sure this fine man would do fine, but what is it with this area? Why are so many "retirees" coming to Highlands County to squeeze our small job market? I have never seen so many 60-plus something people who had their union jobs, benefits, retirements from somewhere else, yet "retire" here only to pursue work full time. Especially if those jobs offer "any" benefits. You won't find them working the midnight shift. Or especially difficult or hard work. Or at the Stop-N-Shop. ...more

October 20, 2007