250,000 Number of people forced from their homes since the rebel offensive began in August ...more

November 3, 2008

When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? ...more

September 5, 2008

Chip and Jeanine Johnson puttered around their comfortable home in Waterchase one recent morning, surrounded by the joyful activities of their three children and assorted friends and relatives. ...more

August 27, 2008

There are nine new school leaders at Northeast area public schools. To better acquaint the new school principals with the community, they were asked a series of questions to provide an insight about who they are and what motivates them. ...more

August 12, 2008

A study published last month by a University of Chicago sociologist concluded that senior citizens make for the happiest Americans, with more socially active seniors being the happiest of them. A Highlands Today reporter went out and told several seniors and one recently-retired baby boomer about the study. Then he asked whether they were content with their lives, and what they thought of the study. ...more

May 4, 2008

Like father, like son. That was my immediate reaction to a new federal study that said more than one out of three of today's 17-year-olds won't have any money saved up once they hit retirement age in the 2050s and beyond. ...more

December 30, 2007

Breezley, a 5-year-old bichon frise from Tampa, needs to learn the meaning of "quiet." ...more

December 29, 2007