DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AAA MAJORS BASEBALL Hernando County's smallest league – Ridge Manor – will play host to the State Tournament starting today. ...more

July 12, 2008

It's no accident that nearly every house in this fast-growing subdivision has two cars in the driveway. ...more

June 17, 2008

It's no accident that nearly every house in this fast-growing subdivision has two cars in the driveway. ...more

June 15, 2008

HUDSON -- A new bus service catering to riders with disabilities will provide a cross-county link for the first time. The nonprofit Center for Independence is offering New Freedom Transportation, supervisor Roberta Cleland explained Friday. The service will make three trips each weekday in a loop between its Hudson office and Dade City. ...more

June 13, 2008

Avon Park's defense scored two touchdowns on Friday night to lead the Red Devils to a 13-7 victory over cross-county rival Lake Placid in each team's spring game at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

May 23, 2008

Sebring Wallops Hardee WAUCHULA — Sami Lower went 2 for 4 and drove in four runs, while Melissa Luke and Heather McIntyre drove in a pair of runs as the Sebring softball team beat up on the Hardee Wildcats 17-1 in the Class 4A-District 10 season opener on Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

No one saw it coming. But following hours of heated deliberation at an afternoon workshop Tuesday, Hernando County School Board members switched gears and voted 3-2 against placing the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Challenger K-8 School of Mathematics and Science - and 4-1 for placing it at Explorer K-8, the new 2,100-student school set to open in August off Northcliffe Boulevard. ...more

February 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Virgil Cooper had 10 points and Alonzo Robertson and Teddy Allen each added eight on Friday night as the Avon Park boys basketball team held off an inspired Lake Placid squad for a 44-39 victory in a cross-county showdown. "We played as a team and were focused," said Cooper, whose team watched its eight-point halftime lead dwindle to four with five minutes left before finishing off the Dragons late. "When we play together, we share the ball, and it's a lot more fun." ...more

February 3, 2008

Streaks Roll Past Dragons LAKE PLACID — Jake Trussell scored 19 points and senior Sam Robinson chipped in 12 as the Sebring Blue Streaks raced past Lake Placid 75-29 in the final meeting this season of the cross-county rivals. The score wasn't indicative of the performance by the Blue Streaks, who led by only 14 points at the half and played lazy at times against the Green Dragons. ...more

February 1, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Goalies are often across the field when their teams score and usually miss out on the celebration. But in her last game at home, Lake Placid senior keeper Sydney Stewart got a little taste of what it was like to battle for position and see the ball hit the back of the net after she scored two goals within two minutes in the second half of the Green Dragons 6-0 victory over cross-county rival Avon Park at Roger Scarborough Stadium on Thursday. "This was the most amazing moment of my soccer career," Stewart said. "I'm still in disbelief. I wanted to score at least one goal before my career was done and God gave me two of them." Stewart's first goal came moments into the second half, when a pass from Erica Resendiz found her in single coverage. Some nice footwork and a shot from the left side found the net and a priceless expression came across her face as her teammates swarmed her. ...more

January 12, 2008