The evidence amassed by FBI investigators against Bruce E. Ivins, the Army scientist who killed himself last week after learning that he was likely to be charged in the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, was largely circumstantial, and a grand jury in Washington was planning to hear several more weeks of testimony before issuing an indictment, a person who has been briefed on the investigation said Sunday. ...more

August 4, 2008

Answers to one of the nation's highest profile unsolved crimes are in documents that could be released as early as this week - and help explain how the government chased the wrong suspect for years, officials said. ...more

August 3, 2008

Voters who want to make their voices heard in next month's primary election need to register by Monday, July 28. ...more

July 26, 2008

REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY AUG. 20 ...more

July 26, 2008

I read with interest, both the original article on the waste of taxpayers' dollars by the elections department, and the rebuttal/clarification by Supervisor of Elections Annie Williams. She states that it wasn't a waste of our money because the mailings were paid for by a federal grant. But isn't a federal grant funded by tax dollars? ...more

July 3, 2008

There will be no garbage pickup Friday countywide. Garbage for Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid and the unincorporated areas will be picked up Thursday. In Lake Placid, garbage must be by the roadside by 7 a.m. ...more

July 2, 2008

Niki Levesque hears it often: "It's just like Mayberry!" ...more

July 2, 2008

Tom Parrish knows the days are dwindling before the big holiday rush. Soon almost every space in the postal facility on Grant Street will be filled with packages -- many from holiday shippers eager to get their precious parcels posted. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA - Present-buying procrastinators might have an easier time with their long-distance gift giving this year because post offices are offering extended weekend hours for the holidays. ...more

December 12, 2007

The U.S. government has overcharged Americans by more than $100 million a year in its fee for new passports, according to cost figures uncovered by congressional investigators and analyzed by two senators and The Associated Press. ...more

November 3, 2007