Want to minimize the sugar damage from trick or treating? Heidi Skolnik, a nutrition consultant for the Florida Department of Citrus, offers the following: ...more

October 31, 2009

Add another candidate to the growing number of Republicans seeking to dethrone Democrat Rose Rocco from her District 2 county commission seat. ...more

October 31, 2009

These aren't the best of times. Maybe you lost your job or you're facing foreclosure. But they say there's a silver lining in every cloud. If something good has come out of your bad circumstances, or if you've found a renewed purpose after being forced to make an unexpected transition, we'd love to hear from you. Send an e-mail to mbearden@tampatrib.com, and put Thankful in the subject line. Or you can write: Michelle Bearden, Tampa Tribune, 200 S. Parker St., Tampa, FL 33606. ...more

October 31, 2009

It seems like a lot of people are complaining about unhealthy properties and health hazards around Highlands County, but no one seems to want to do anything to resolve the problems. ...more

October 30, 2009

I hope you read the story on Page 17 of the Tampa Tribune on Oct. 28 about the young man who was fired from his job for wearing a button on his apron. ...more

October 30, 2009

After I stopped laughing, and picked myself up off the floor, I ran to my computer to submit this letter to Mr. Wessel. ...more

October 30, 2009

The surgeons at Florida Veterinary Specialists in Clearwater deal with a wide assortment of animal maladies. Wednesday, it was the eye of the tiger. ...more

October 29, 2009

The University Area Social Services Center experienced a 60 percent increase in clients in its most recent fiscal year. ...more

October 28, 2009

A man says he was fired from his job as a cashier at The Home Depot in a rural Florida town because he wore an American flag button that read, "One nation under God, indivisible." ...more

October 27, 2009

I was absolutely appalled when I read in Highlands Today that our county judges have the right to okay an abortion for a minor child without any knowledge of the abortion made to the child's parents. ...more

October 18, 2009