Teenagers will have plenty to do this month at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W. McLendon St. There are three free events for students in the sixth through 12th grades, Computer Services Librarian Angie Neely said. ...more

November 5, 2009

Republican Chris Christie has defeated Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey. ...more

November 3, 2009

Customers of Progress Energy Florida received some welcomed news earlier this week when the Florida Public Service Commission decided to delay voting on whether to approve the electric company's proposed rate hike. ...more

October 31, 2009

Commissioners unanimously reversed a decision to repeal a nearly 30-year-old ordinance banning private wells in the city. ...more

October 29, 2009

A fight over free speech turned into fisticuffs at a city council meeting that left the brother of one of the council members arrested. ...more

October 16, 2009

If Rush Limbaugh becomes a candidate to own the St. Louis Rams, he could face serious opposition from other NFL team owners. It takes 24 of the 32 owners to approve any team sale, and even before Limbaugh has become part of an official bid to purchase the Rams, he's been shunned by one team executive. ...more

October 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A teacher who successfully fought to keep his job after he was accused of assaulting a student will receive back pay for the nine months he was suspended. ...more

October 7, 2009

Mel Martinez wasn't out of a job for long. Legal Times, which covers legal and lobbying issues in Washington, D.C., reported Tuesday that Florida's former senator will become a partner in the Washington and Tampa offices of the DLA Piper law firm. ...more

September 23, 2009

It seems to me that Barbara Stewart and Jeff Carlson are still vindictive and vengeful in spirit against the Highlands County Sheriff and her department. Reading in the paper today of the vote they cast, I just wonder if they did they get a raise? Did they refuse it or give it to a needy cause? ...more

September 6, 2009

Close to the most valuable asset in a Democratic republic is the sanctity of one vote per qualified voter. Shortly after the November, 2008 elections there were those who boasted about the number of times they had voted. Acorn paid people to register voters. ...more

September 2, 2009