The next U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida says he hopes to be sworn in this week. A. Brian Albritton said he is packing up his law office at Holland and Knight, where he has worked 18 years, and waiting for President Bush to sign his commission. The U.S. Senate approved his nomination on Oct. 2. ...more

October 13, 2008

The county's three chambers of commerce and Florida Hospital Heartland Division joined together to "Paint the Town Pink" for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ...more

October 12, 2008

Music lovers who have already bought tickets to Florida Hospital Heartland Division's Gala benefit concert and expected to hear only Michael W. Smith should be happy to know that another wildly popular singer has joined the bill. ...more

September 30, 2008

President Bush's nominees to be the next U.S. attorney for Florida's Middle District and to fill a U.S. district judgeship for the area won approval Thursday from the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...more

September 26, 2008

President Bush's nominees to be the next U.S. attorney for Florida's Middle District and to fill a U.S. district judgeship for the area won approval Thursday from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. ...more

September 25, 2008

Government ethics officials have reported no significant ethical hurdles or conflicts of interest that should prevent A. Brian Albritton of Tampa from becoming the next U.S. Attorney for Florida's Middle District. ...more

August 11, 2008

"People would come from places like Lake Wales to shop at the mall not realizing that 'mall' has different meanings," long time resident Larry Albritton told a group gathered at the Avon Park Historic Museum last Sunday. Avon Park's "Mile Long Mall" is the kind that is defined as "a public area often set with shade trees." Not the kind designed for shoppers. Although Larry did say that when he moved over from Wauchula back in 1958 the city had three department stores operating along the mall. When he moved here it was also "a time when all the buildings were occupied," he said with a touch of nostalgia in his voice. ...more

July 26, 2008

A. Brian Albritton of Tampa, a lawyer with Holland & Knight, has been nominated by the White House to become the new U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida. ...more

July 16, 2008

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July 14, 2008

SEBRING – A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $38,000 bond Monday after sheriff's deputies say he ran from the Florida Highway Patrol early Sunday, injured a deputy putting down spike strips, and was fired upon by a pursuing deputy. Timothy Allen Amann, 48, of 1126 Josephine Court, was booked on charges of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, fleeing attempting to elude a law enforcement officer with disregard to the safety of persons or property, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, driving with a suspended driver's license, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) and refusal to submit to a DUI test. ...more

July 7, 2008