$266.9 billion Amount the Treasury Department has disbursed from the $700 billion financial rescue program, according to an announcement Thursday ...more

January 9, 2009

A $10,000 statue stolen from the Palm Beach estate of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been found, with a message. ...more

January 1, 2009

A $10,000 statue stolen from the Palm Beach estate of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been found, with a message. ...more

December 31, 2008

Garbage pickup and closures over the New Year period are as follows: There will be no garbage pickup in the city of Avon Park and the city of Sebring on Thursday, Jan. 1. Thursday's pickup will be today. Friday will be as normal. Garbage pickup in the County is as follows: Pickup will not be normal hours; Thursday, Jan. 1 pickup will be on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Friday Jan. 2 pickup will remain the same. ...more

December 31, 2008

1,406 Banks robbed nationwide from April 1 to June 30, compared with 1,609 banks robbed in all of 2007. ...more

December 31, 2008

Car manufacturers were granted their bailout. The loan to them is the responsibility of taxpayers who are out of jobs and losing homes and health care perks. Some are even going hungry. ...more

December 26, 2008

'Tis the season to be jolly - or grouse about what to call the season. By now, many people have made peace with the fact that we live in a society in which people holding any number of beliefs about the events of tomorrow, Dec. 25. Some people who celebrate the events at the center of the religious aspect of Dec. 25 but do it on different days. Others have a celebration that this year began Dec. 21 and run for eight nights. Others observe a holiday that begins Dec. 26 and ends Jan. 1. Some people observe Dec. 25, but the only spirit that moves them is ho-ho-ho and mistletoe. To some Dec. 25 is - bah, humbug - just the day before Dec. 26. ...more

December 24, 2008

Garbage pick up over the Christmas period will be as follows: In the city of Sebring, Avon Park and Highlands County, there will be no pick up on Thursday, Dec. 25. Thursday's pick up will be on Wednesday, Dec. 24; regular schedule will resume on Friday, Dec. 26. ...more

December 24, 2008

All television stations in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning to suspend their analog broadcast signals for three minutes today. ...more

December 17, 2008

The public purchase of privately owned Aloha Utilities has been put off until the end of February to help the Florida Governmental Utility Authority secure financing for the deal. ...more

December 12, 2008