About 120 children, dressed as princesses or knights or riding in elaborate floats, took part March 8 in the annual Florida Strawberry Festival baby parade. ...more

March 18, 2009

PLANT CITY Dozens of children ages 1 through 4 competed Saturday in the annual Florida Strawberry Festival Baby Parade, presented by Plant City Junior Woman's Club and sponsored by Verizon. Winners were crowned in such categories as most beautiful, most personality and others. ...more

March 10, 2009

Lake Placid senior Julie Shrewsbury won the 100 and 300-meter hurdle events and finished third in the pole vault to pace the Green Dragon girls to first place in Tuesday's track and field meet. ...more

March 5, 2009

The sophomore jinx is something that can creep up on any athlete that has an explosive debut, but that subliminal virus never took hold of Lake Placid's Kevin Smit this season. ...more

December 30, 2008

Pinellas County deputies say a used automobile dealer was rolling back odometers on vehicles he was selling. ...more

December 19, 2008

With a nice blend of experience and youth, the Lake Placid girls weightlifting team has a great deal of potential for the 2008 season. ...more

December 12, 2008

The calm shimmer of the Rowdy Gaines Pool in Winter Haven will be replaced by the furious display of competition, as the Class 1A and 2A district finals begin today with a bang. ...more

October 28, 2008

Times fell and records were shattered as some of the best swimmers in the state converged on the Green Dragon pool for the annual Heartland Invitational on Saturday. ...more

October 6, 2008

Mike Trujillo's attention kept swaying toward the record board near the Lake Placid swimming pool, as he was asked about the upcoming Green Dragon swim season on Friday. ...more

September 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– The chance to swim at the collegiate level is something Lake Placid's Michael Wilkes has sacrificed and worked hard for. Wilkes, a standout swimmer for the Green Dragons for the last three years, made all the work pay off when he signed a scholarship with Mars Hill College on Friday. Mars Hill is a Division II school, which is located about 20 miles north of Asheville, N. C. "I've always wanted to swim in college and to accomplish that is a dream come true," said Wilkes. "I visited the campus on spring break and it's up in the hills and is just beautiful, and the coach and the other swimmers made me feel comfortable." ...more

May 4, 2008