Tom Daschle collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars in fees in the past two years speaking to leaders of the industry President Barack Obama wants him to reform as the administration's health secretary. ...more

February 2, 2009

You, Master Rall, either suffer from a hyperinflated ego or are inured by a consumptive cynicism. You blaspheme the service of more than 8,000,000 Americans who served honorably in Vietnam. As I read your warped diatribe, it occurs to me you are among the children we fought for in the steaming undergrowth of Southeast Asia and the frozen wastes of North Korea, not to mention the sands and deprivations of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

July 19, 2008

SEBRING — Please check back soon for the 2007/2008 Instructional Salary Schedule, the School Board of Highlands County's Web site states on its salary page. Unable to reach a tentative contract agreement during the summer, the school district and teachers union are hoping to break the impasse with a second attempt at mediation on Oct. 10. ...more

October 6, 2007