Bill Craven has lost 40 pounds, mainly through a program that stresses changing your lifestyle over dieting. ...more

December 22, 2008

That day in July was one that Tammy Morse won't soon forget. Five months earlier, her husband had lost his job as a recruiter for the financial services industry. Now it was the summer and the family savings were gone. She saw no way to get health insurance coverage for her family other than to apply for Medicaid. ...more

December 22, 2008

The price of gas could continue to slide, but not by much. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Wednesday in Algeria it would cut crude oil production by more than 2 million barrels per day. ...more

December 18, 2008

OPEC on Wednesday agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from its daily production - its single largest cut ever - while bloc outsiders Russia and Azerbaijan announced their own cutbacks of hundreds of thousands of barrels from the market. ...more

December 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County School Board members will deal with more than just their current $8.7 million shortfall when they meet Tuesday in a budget workshop to review the school district's financial woes. ...more

December 13, 2008

Wanted: real estate buyer. Reward: $100,000. In a grim real estate market where homebuilders and sellers across the nation are offering incentives from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to wide-screen TVs, a Hawaii couple is upping the ante by offering a $100,000 bounty to anyone who can locate a buyer or two. ...more

December 13, 2008

The following people were booked Thursday, Dec. 11 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES Pasco County School Board members will deal with more than just their current $8.7 million shortfall when they meet Tuesday in a budget workshop to review the school district's financial woes. The board also will be bracing for a 2009-10 budget year that's expected to be even worse than the current one. ...more

December 12, 2008

The lawyer for a Florida mother charged with murder over her missing daughter is seeking a court order for a mall surveillance video that may show the little girl alive last month. ...more

December 11, 2008

My brother says, "Remember 12?" and we are launched backward 57 years in time to a warm, safe, happy place. My husband always mentions 5801 with the same special smile. ...more

December 3, 2008