President Barack Obama is in the small town of Arcadia, where is delivering an energy policy speech at a solar power plant. ...more

October 27, 2009

Spirits sank Monday when organizers of a local bus trip to Arcadia to hear President Barack Obama's speech at a Florida Power and Light solar power plant learned the event was by invitation only. ...more

October 27, 2009

A presidential visit is big news anywhere in America, but in a city so small that Friday night football games are still the weekly happening and politicians gather under the Tree of Knowledge, hearing "Hail to the Chief" at a presidential visit is the chance of a lifetime. ...more

October 25, 2009

When it comes to attracting butterflies and beneficial insects, old-fashioned flowers stand taller than the dwarf hybrids devoid of nectar. ...more

April 1, 2009

With 16 million GIs returning from World War II in 1945, the nation experienced a severe housing shortage. ...more

February 28, 2009

To look at Middle Lake today, you wouldn't think it was once 150 acres of water filled with large-mouth bass, blue gill and crappie. ...more

January 18, 2009

"The past isn't dead," William Faulkner, the writer, once said. "It isn't even past." ...more

November 18, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A dog is not always man's best friend — at least according to Leonard L. Jones, who said the noise generated by a kennel located about 400 yards from his home is driving him "insane." "I can close the door, close the vertical blinds, close the curtains and still hear the dogs barking in my bedroom," said Jones. "I have a right to peace and quiet." Jones and neighbor George Coyle both complained about the noise. Vicki and Mike Finch, kennel owners of Dawg House, 69 Dawg House Drive, were issued civil citations three times for exceeding the Highlands County Noise Control Ordinance. The citations were overturned by Magistrate Pamela Karlson, and because the code enforcement office contested those rulings, a rehearing is scheduled for Feb. 28. ...more

February 2, 2008

Although Hudson High junior Clint Barga plans a career in art, he hasn't quite reconciled the idea of parting with his creations. ...more

January 25, 2008

Although Hudson High School junior Clint Barga plans on a career in art, he still hasn't quite reconciled with having to part with his creations. "I usually don't give it away," Clint said, adding that he's even turned down cash offers for some of his art. But one of Clint's more recent pieces has a found a new home, in State Rep. John Legg's office in Tallahassee, as his entry took first place in Legg's second annual "Art in the Capitol" contest. ...more

January 23, 2008