With a major expansion nearing completion, Highlands County's Children's Advocacy Center will soon truly centralize its staff and most of its agency partners under one roof. ...more

November 19, 2009

For the next three weeks, Avon representative Florence Richmond of Sebring will be donating 50 percent of her retail sales to abused children in Highlands County. ...more

October 30, 2009

Floridians can tell the state Board of Education on Monday what they think about a proposed rule defining how and when teachers can physically restrain or isolate K-12 students. ...more

July 18, 2009

The Florida Secretary for the Department of Children & Families, George Sheldon,paid a visit to the Children's Advocacy Center in Sebring last Tuesday. ...more

June 11, 2009

The two-dimensional scenes invite viewers to put themselves there. A vacant wooden swing hangs from the arm of a massive oak. ...more

March 6, 2009

Public Meeting Hernando County Continuum of Care of the Mid Florida Homeless Coalition will hold its monthly meeting from 8 to 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Children's Advocacy Center of Hernando at Mid Florida Community Services located at 880 Kennedy Blvd., Brooksville. Plans will be made for the 2009 homeless point-in-time census, which will be held on Jan. 24. Those interested in the prevention of homelessness or assisting those who are homeless are encouraged to attend. For more information, call Barbara Wheeler at 352-860-2308 or e-mail mfhc@tampabay.rr.com. ...more

January 4, 2009

Art programs, after-school tutoring and early learning programs are among the causes that will get a boost from the Community Foundation of Hernando County's latest round of grant awards. ...more

November 16, 2008

Don't think you can make a difference in your community? Consider Mary Lee Farrior and Sara Romeo. ...more

November 12, 2008

In A 4-1 vote Tuesday, the Highlands County commissioners awarded nine grants for health care totaling more than $360,000 as recommended by the Highlands County Hospital District Board. ...more

October 19, 2008

There was a full moon out last night. I checked the almanac to see if it was one of those "once in a blue" moons, but it was not. ...more

October 15, 2008