For good seats to this year's Christmas parades don't sit by your TV - grab a lawn chair. ...more

November 17, 2009

- With great weather and ideal scoring conditions, the Avon Park High School Project Graduation golf tournament on Saturday featured a lot of eagles and birdies. ...more

December 8, 2008

Start at the new Wal-Mart and travel south down U.S. 27. There's the Olympic, a Greek restaurant, six blocks away. ...more

August 13, 2008

Tres Stephenson figured it'd be a special day when he watched teammates Curtis Donovan and Rick Hitt tee off on the long-drive-contest hole on Saturday during the ninth annual Sebring Firemen Memorial Golf Classic presented by AXA Advisors, LLC and Home Depot. ...more

August 4, 2008

The Media Specialists and Reading Coaches of Highlands would like to thank the following for their support of the visiting author, Alane Ferguson, to several of our schools. It simply would not have been possible with them. ...more

May 7, 2008

SEBRING - At 10:20 a.m., Kate Anson was seated at Steelhorse Enterprises, a company which makes accent lights for motorcycles. She overheard a group talking about the 60,000 people who were supposed to show up the Run for the Heartland. "There's not 60,000 people here," she scoffed. "Maybe 500." Five hundred bikes? "That's generous," she smiled. Don Elwell, who manages Kenilworth Lodge, and Dave Greenslade, executive director of Avon Park Chamber of Commerce, came to the same conclusion. By 10 a.m., 190 bikers had signed up for the poker run, said Pat Alexander, who was taking $10 from each. The cross country course directs motorcycles to Neibert's Fish Camp, Devane Park in Lake Placid, Henscratch Farm and Winery off State Road 66, the Watering Hole, Thunder Chopper Works and back downtown to the Blue Crab. Riders get a playing card at each of the seven stops. The best hand wins a prize. ...more

October 7, 2007