86 Domestic violence homicides in Florida in 2009 79 Domestic violence homicides in Florida in 2008 ...more

September 27, 2009

Early release days Only a month into the school year and already there have been three early release days at Highlands County District Schools. ...more

September 24, 2009

Am I the only one who feels that opening a liquor store next to the Lake Placid Middle School is incorrect? How could the Bible belt town of Lake Placid allow this? ...more

September 20, 2009

Organized youth sports can be great for kids, since it teaches them sportsmanship, discipline and the importance of staying in shape. ...more

September 19, 2009

Sweetbay Supermarket kicked off the new school year with an event aimed at encouraging healthful living. ...more

September 16, 2009

ORLANDO (AP) — An investigation by Florida authorities unsealed Monday found there were no credible threats to a teenager who ran away from her Ohio home because she said she feared for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam. ...more

September 14, 2009

Maura Tierney says she is dropping out of the new NBC series "Parenthood" to continue her treatment for breast cancer. ...more

September 11, 2009

To the parents who have been so willing to have their kids dumbed-down by politicians: ...more

September 10, 2009

The uproar over President Obama addressing the nation's schoolchildren to promote education is absolutely asinine. ...more

September 8, 2009

A Tampa woman who has been waiting more than two decades to hear that the killer of her parents is dead has finally gotten her wish. ...more

September 8, 2009