Ignore Earl, Rall A suggestion for those who find the columns of Frances Earl and Ted Rall objectionable: Ignore them! ...more

September 14, 2008

Joe Pimenta and Marzell Brown stood outside College Hill Branch Library just before 10 a.m. Monday, waiting for the doors to open so they could vote in the Aug. 26 primary election. ...more

August 12, 2008

Early voting for the primary elections begins today, and if past years are any indication, many will head to the polls over the next two weeks rather than vote on Election Day. Hillsborough County voters casting their primary election ballot early increased 102 percent from 2004 to 2006. ...more

August 11, 2008

The recent rains might make it a little easier for you to float a boat in some of the lakes, but for lakes Verona and Lotela, the ways in and out of the lakes have literally been washed away. ...more

July 12, 2008

As the state is working on the massive Everglades cleanup, a local Audubon Society official warned that one of its tributaries is headed for the same environmental problems plaguing the swamp and Lake Okeechobee. ...more

July 10, 2008

In regards to Dallas Dunlap's letter in this past Sunday's edition, I beg to differ in one respect to his letter: Environmentalists have played a major role in a current energy crisis situation. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — With the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries going off today, partisan voters in Highlands County and all of Florida have two questions to answer: u Who do they want to become their party's nominee, and u Do they want to approve a constitutional amendment that makes Save Our Homes portable while doubling the homestead exemption for homeowners whose house's assessed value is at least $75,000? The Supervisor of Elections Office reported that 6,672 voted early, while 898 absentee ballots were received by Saturday, well above what supervisor Joe Campbell said he predicted. Campbell declined to provide an estimate for today's turnout. As far as presidential candidates go, former Massachusetts governor and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is Sebring builder James Matthews' pick. ...more

January 29, 2008

LAKELAND - Election night in Polk County left much unresolved. Two of the three races on tap are headed for runoffs. ...more

November 7, 2007