Florida's stone crab season opens Wednesday, meaning commercial and recreational crabbers can begin pulling the granite-shelled delicacies from traps that have been collecting the crustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico the past 10 days. ...more

October 13, 2008

Edward Jost had barely settled in America before he was called to war and took a bullet in the face for his country. ...more

September 27, 2008

Local businesses will have a better chance of getting Highlands County government contracts under the new "local preference" policy adopted Tuesday by the county commissioners. ...more

September 25, 2008

Suddenly, the race for Florida is red hot. Last week's devastating economic news, hitting harder here than most states, has helped make Florida the front line of the presidential war. ...more

September 21, 2008

Don't let Jeff Garcia board that plane back to Tampa. ...more

September 21, 2008

Highlands County Commissioner Don Bates said he always tries to "buy locally." ...more

September 21, 2008

He wasn't convicted of anything, but Itiba Ikido Davis says his life was wrecked after he was charged with murder. ...more

August 13, 2008

A judge this afternoon sealed the arrest record of a man cleared after serving several months in jail awaiting trial for a slaying his attorney says he did not commit. ...more

August 12, 2008

Don't be shy about haggling over what you pay your real estate agent. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Yankees made the first big move in the division Friday by acquiring OF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte from Pittsburgh for four minor-leaguers. ...more

July 26, 2008