I agree with Sherry Vretta's letter about the "speed trap" on Schumacher Road. I am disappointed with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, using their personnel in that way. Either the sheriff's office has too many officers and nothing to do or someone in that office uses poor judgment on how to use personnel on a Saturday afternoon. ...more

October 22, 2009

Empenadas ...more

April 15, 2009

At 14 years old, Cody Malone becomes the third Hernando County youth bowler to register a perfect game this season. ...more

March 29, 2009

TAMPA Dorothy Ford volunteered occasionally at Graham Elementary where her nieces and nephews attended. But she wanted to do more. "I was sitting at home getting fat, and I thought it was about time I got to doing something," said Ford, 68, who is retired. Through another volunteer at the school Ford learned of the foster grandparent program. It modestly reimburses volunteers, ranging in age from 60 to 93, who spend at least 20 hours a week helping in school classrooms, Head Start programs and shelters such as The Spring and Child Abuse Council. "It gives them the financial ability to volunteer," said Nancy McWilliams, Director of Community Relations for Seniors in Service Tampa Bay, which sponsors the program. ...more

February 18, 2009

PLANT CITY The Plant City Garden Club is bringing a touch of New Orleans to its annual flower show. Mardi Gras will be the theme of the Feb. 5 event at Walden Lake Golf and Country Club, 2001 Clubhouse Drive. There's no admission charge to the 5 to 8 p.m. show. ...more

January 22, 2009

PLANT CITY More than 40 students at Shiloh Charter School spent a day last month cleaning two local parks because they wanted to give back to their community. ...more

December 29, 2008

Alaska State Troopers have arrested the mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend on drug charges. ...more

December 19, 2008

Residents of the Charlotte Square Condominiums are angry and concerned after learning that hundreds of thousands of dollars from several of the condominium association's accounts have reportedly turned up missing. ...more

September 18, 2008

Editor's note: The following letter was sent to the friends of Sherry and Walt Searle of Spring Hill and is reprinted here at the authors' request. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is working on what appears to be a murder-suicide, sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said. ...more

August 12, 2008