The election is history. The oaths of office have been taken. From Pasco County all the way to Washington, D.C., we have new representatives to help lead us into the future. Our work as Americans is done until the next round of elections, right? ...more

February 4, 2009

Ten "community quarterbacks" were named at a Jan. 12 awards dinner at One Buccaneer Place. The NFL and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers named Connie Blaney, Pastor Moses Brown, William Carver, Frank Ciampaglia, Cristina Garcia, Stacey Heckerman, Claire LeBoeuf, Michael Olsen, Wanda Shuford-Miguenes and Bob Williams their 2008 community quarterbacks. The Buccaneers also will donate $1,800 in each Community Quarterback's name to a charitable organization of his or her choice. ...more

January 28, 2009

Yes, I look forward to "four years of positives" (Letter of the Day, Jan. 22). But the positives that I see don't agree with the writer's vision. ...more

January 23, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say heroin sales have picked up near 15th Street, south of 131st Avenue. ...more

January 22, 2009

It was very rewarding to read in the Jan.16 issue of Highlands Today, the guest column titled, "The Great Emancipator," by Leonard Pitts. He details facts relatively unknown by many United States citizens of all races. ...more

January 19, 2009

This is in response to the Jan. 12 editorial, "New Ideas Could Bring Sound Hurricane Coverage." ...more

January 18, 2009

A Judicial Complex RFP Evaluation Team meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 in the Hernando County Commission chambers' meeting room, 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville. ...more

January 14, 2009

Irv Friedman of Beacon Woods says it doesn't take much to produce a hateful reaction against Jews. ...more

January 14, 2009

Legislation is in the works to extend the two-year freeze on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner policy rate increases Florida lawmakers imposed on the state's insurer of last resort. ...more

January 13, 2009

So many people are struggling in Florida. I had to cash in a retirement account to pay my property taxes this year. I cannot deplete my retirement account just to pay taxes to live in a house I worked for all my life to own. Please use the special session to cut taxes and government spending. Please ask Sen. Atwater to allow the 1.35 percent tax cap on the ballot this year. We need our leaders to work for us. Our citizens need relief now. ...more

January 10, 2009