The following people were booked March 30 into the Highlands County Jail: Penny Arlene Abel, 38, of 45 Observation Ave., Lake Placid, on a charge of theft of more than $300, but less than $5,000. ...more

April 2, 2009

Troy Donaldson today earned the title of Pasco County Employee of the Year. County Commission Chairman Jack Mariano presented the proclamation to Donaldson for his bravery helping a traffic accident victim on July 30, 2008. ...more

February 24, 2009

Golf cart safety is not practiced in Fairmount Mobile Estates. Some people have taken it upon themselves to rewrite motorized vehicles lighting laws while operating their carts at night on the subdivision streets. ...more

January 29, 2009

In a recent column, you mention a partnership program between Medicaid and long-term care insurance. ...more

January 13, 2009

In the first year of his presidency George W. Bush was forced to confront the crisis of global terrorism. He responded by aggrandizing his power as president under the theory of a "unitary executive." The controversial and thoroughly repudiated policies that resulted, including warrantless surveillance of Americans' phone conversations, torture, and disregard for the basic constitutional rights of detainees, represented the most sweeping assertion of unchecked executive power in generations. ...more

January 3, 2009

Overindulged on Christmas party eggnog? There's a way to get both you and your car home safely. ...more

December 24, 2008

Recently revised rules for the Plant City Christmas Parade disregard the city's ban on distributing candy and beads, instead dictating such trinkets be dispensed only from behind floats, and never thrown. ...more

November 26, 2008

Recently revised rules for the Plant City Christmas Parade disregard the city's ban on distributing candy and beads, instead dictating such trinkets be dispensed only from behind floats, and never thrown. ...more

November 26, 2008

I'm writing this six days before the general election, but by the time you read it, we will have a new president-elect. Some of us will be very jubilant; some very depressed. It's been an emotionally charged campaign. ...more

November 5, 2008

9:22 a.m.: Voting problems in Pinellas? Disregard the phone number listed on the Supervisor of Elections' Web page. ...more

November 4, 2008