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June 11, 2008

James Hugh Austin, 61, of Spring Hill, died Monday, June 2, at his home. He was born in Knox City, Texas, and moved to this area 18 years ago from Arlington, Texas. ...more

June 5, 2008

Dorothy T. Reutti, 87, of Spring Hill, died Thursday, May 29, at her home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to this area 21 years ago from Livingston, N.J. ...more

June 4, 2008

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June 3, 2008

Put Them To Work Regarding "Vandals Wreak Havoc At Cemetery" (Metro, May 27): ...more

May 31, 2008

Editor's note: This is the first profile of the three Republicans running to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney for 16th District in the U.S. Congress. SEBRING — Tom Rooney is almost stereotypically Irish. He's tall, red-haired, flush-faced, freckled, and built like a lumberjack. Actually, he's a former tight end, an Army veteran and an attorney. His favorite rockers, according to his Facebook page, are the Dublin group U2. ...more

May 26, 2008

SEBRING — When Army Sgt. First Class Judy Puffenbarger went to Iraq, a photo of her taken when her unit was being deployed to the war was sent to her hometown in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Everybody who saw it broke out in laughter. Puffenbarger's blonde hair has grown back, but the day before she left for the war zone she shaved her head. "I did it on a bet, a bet I lost," the 49-year-old Avon Park resident said at the Veterans Administration Community Based Outpatient Clinic, where she works as a receptionist. Puffenbarger, whose father was a World War II Army veteran who lost one of his legs in the battle of Okinawa, bet members of her squad that they would not be deployed to the Iraq war. She offered to shave her head if the order came down for her 33-person unit to ship out to the war. ...more

May 25, 2008

Ritchie "G" Golder was zigzagging in the roadway, sprinting to every parked car he could while the stoplight was still red. ...more

May 18, 2008

Ritchie "G" Golder was zigzagging in the roadway, sprinting to every parked car he could while the stoplight was still red. ...more

May 17, 2008

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May 13, 2008