Editor: Little good deeds can make a big difference. I am writing this to thank the people who worked together and saved my life by caring. ...more

February 12, 2008

It's a simple mathematical equation: One man holding a 36-inch sword 6 inches away from another man could equal trouble. ...more

February 6, 2008

When 51-year-old Timothy Jones and his 22-year-old daughter, Tiffany, arrived home Monday evening after shopping they were met by the woman's angry boyfriend who lives with them, according to the report. Justin Paul Gunter, 22, started yelling at Tiffany Smith, and her father told him to "knock it off," the report says. ...more

February 5, 2008

Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors. ...more

February 1, 2008

After reading the article concerning the teacher "Owns Up to DUI," I began to doubt that Hernando County takes driving under the influence seriously. Mr. Mockler did not "own up" to the DUI. He simply pleaded guilty to a lesser charge that will never reflect a DUI in his record. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA A - Chicago man and a woman who was with him are in custody this morning after being arrested at Tampa International Airport with stolen credit cards and 99 fake driver's licenses, records show. ...more

January 28, 2008

Gayle Guyardo, who for 14 years has co-anchored WFLA's television coverage of the Gasparilla parade, went on with the show Saturday even though she said she had the flu and a fever. ...more

January 27, 2008

Not Really Surprised Regarding "Official: Few At FSU Cheated" (Metro, Dec. 20): ...more

December 31, 2007

SEBRING — Random drug testing started this year in the county's middle schools with only one student testing positive during the first semester. A reported 260 students were tested at the School Board of Highlands County's four middle schools with negative results (no drugs in their system) for 259 students and one student testing positive. "So that's pretty good," said Student Services Coordinator Patty Jackson. The students who are tested are picked randomly just as in the high school. Drug testing started at the high school level near the beginning of the 2006-07 school year with school officials confident that it would give students a reason to say "no" when offered drugs. At the high school level thus far this school year, of the 124 students who were tested, two had "positive" results indicating ...more

December 28, 2007

TAMPA - Police arrested a man on a drug-related charge Thursday, saying he illegally obtained the prescription painkiller oxycodone from 14 doctors within 30 days, an affidavit states. ...more

December 27, 2007