I read Pastor Jerry Waugh's article published on Thanksgiving Day entitled 'Is the Grinch now going after Thanksgiving' with sadness. Sadness because he says that America is our country and it is. ...more

November 29, 2009

Two weeks from the start of the Christmas shopping season, both consumers and merchants could use a few reassuring words from the president. ...more

November 15, 2009

While it was interesting to read the article on the first page of the Business section concerning Morris Funeral Chapel becoming a certified "veterans provider," it seems to lead readers to believe that this site might be the only such organization in Highlands County to provide such services to veterans and their families. ...more

October 26, 2009

SARASOTA COUNTY - Beneath cloudless skies, a group of about 50 people gathered Friday morning at the still very new Sarasota National Cemetery on State Road 72 to mark the first 11 interments of area veterans and three of their spouses. ...more

January 10, 2009

Rules that govern what items of remembrance can adorn gravesites - particularly graves of veterans - may be amended, thanks to an argument over flags around the burial plot of a native son killed in Iraq. ...more

November 15, 2008

Sarasota County is poised to become a resting ground for thousands of veterans after Sunday's groundbreaking and dedication of the 295-acre Sarasota VA National Cemetery. ...more

May 31, 2008

Willie Hayes was a Vietnam veteran who proudly served his country, won several medals and earned himself a plot at a veterans cemetery upon his death two weeks ago. ...more

October 20, 2007