Nearly a year after their son, Robert, was kidnapped from the family business at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Pamela and Thomas Wiles think he is still alive and are willing to work with the kidnappers to get him back. ...more

February 28, 2009

Nearly a year after their son, Robert, was kidnapped from the family business at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Pamela and Thomas Wiles believe he is still alive and are willing to work with the kidnappers to get him back. ...more

February 26, 2009

Tonight, the ABC reality series "True Beauty" crowns a winner and Joel Rush, a medical software salesman from Tampa, could be taking home top honors and a $100,000 prize. ...more

February 23, 2009

With names like Hoppy the rabbit and Snicker Doodle, Booster the Rooster, every kid and his or her pet was a winner Tuesday night in the Pee Wee livestock show. ...more

January 29, 2009

Debbie Siver and Chuck Nagel got a head start on their New Year's resolutions, thanks to their employer, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point. ...more

January 1, 2009

Debbie Siver and Chuck Nagel got a head start on their New Year's resolutions, thanks to their employer, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point. The hospital will go smoke free Jan. 1, not just inside buildings but across its entire campus. The ban applies to employees, patients and visitors. ...more

December 31, 2008

The abundance of illegal marijuana grow houses has caused Glades Electric Cooperative to take action. ...more

December 8, 2008

The Lake Placid - Chamber of Commerce has a new president of the board and three new directors. ...more

September 7, 2008

Thousands of customers of both Glades Electric Cooperative and Progress Energy utilities were without power due to Tropical Storm Fay on Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

By 1 p.m. winds were howling across the Sebring area as rain was driven sideways toward the south. The EOC noted that sustained winds had risen to 31 mph and the highest recorded gust was 48 mph. The worst is yet to come, they said. At about 4 p.m. when the eye passes the southeast portion of Highlands County, winds are expected to reach 45 mph and gusts are expected to reach 57 mph. ...more

August 19, 2008