TAMPA - There are Top 25-ranked teams. And then there is the No. 1-ranked team. ...more

January 13, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned today. Brightbill, 42, faces charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. The mother of a 17-year-old female student came home on Dec. 31 to find Brightbill and the girl together in her bedroom clad only in their underwear, police said. Brightbill admitted to engaging in sex acts with the girl that day and at his home one day last November, according to police. ...more

January 9, 2009

Nature Coast Technical High School is without a band director today, the first day back for students after the winter break. ...more

January 6, 2009

Martin Fennelly says it's easy to pull for this team, considering it's led by a couple of really good guys. ...more

December 24, 2008

The board of directors of the Highlands County Industrial Development Authority/Economic Development Commission has scheduled the annual planning retreat with new executive director Dan Murphy for Jan. 14. ...more

December 14, 2008

A sales manager for Royal Coachman Homes in Spring Hill bilked his employer out of more than $700,000 in the last five years by drawing up and cashing more than 160 fraudulent sales commission checks, authorities say. ...more

December 9, 2008

A sales manager for Royal Coachman Homes in Spring Hill bilked his employer out of more than $700,000 in the last five years by drawing up and cashing more than 160 fraudulent sales commission checks, authorities say. ...more

December 9, 2008

"Meet the Press," NBC's Sunday-morning political forum, has announced that journalist David Gregory will take the helm of the program. ...more

December 8, 2008

Capt. Mervin Stewart of the Haines City Police Department has been arrested and police Chief Morris West has resigned, according to the State Attorney's Office. ...more

November 13, 2008

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a level not seen since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ...more

November 13, 2008