President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan. ...more

November 13, 2009

I am glad that Mr. and Mrs. Crail had a happy outcome to their encounter with Spring Hill Fire Department. They are truly a professional group when they arrive and will promptly deal with the situation. ...more

September 11, 2008

Sheriff's Helicopter Serves Vital Function In response to the letter to the editor on Dec. 13 entitled, "Helicopter Policy Up In The Air," I do not know if the sheriff dispatches the helicopters unnecessarily; but many years ago, a young woman was taken from a Hernando County convenience store to the wetland woods west of U.S. 19, tied to a tree, assaulted and killed. ...more

December 20, 2007

These days at Pasco High School, some students are delivering their assigned book reviews not on traditional printed pages, but through podcasts - audio or video dispatches that can be broadcast over the Internet. For another assignment, one student will produce a short public-service announcement about the hazards of cyberbullying, the cruel way some children harass each other by using e-mail, cell phones or other new digital technologies. ...more

November 17, 2007