As president of Sebring Meals on Wheels Inc., I feel it's important to recognize the outstanding public service of one of Highlands County's businesses. Positive Mobility, Medical and Non Medical Transport, has offered its driving services free of charge to Meals on Wheels when our volunteer drivers are not available. ...more

September 1, 2008

A 15-year-old Sebring High School boy was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday after sheriff's investigators say he was caught in school with marijuana for distribution and then escaped out of the D.A.R.E. van and was recaptured. ...more

August 30, 2008

A Naples man driving through Hernando County had a blood-alcohol level more than five times above the legal limit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 29, 2008

Two months after trimming its budget by $47 million and laying off faculty members and more than 100 staffers, the University of Florida is giving out raises. ...more

July 26, 2008

An expert on family rights who works as a consultant in domestic-violence cases will not be prosecuted regarding allegations he shoved his estranged wife. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - An expert on family rights who works as a forensic trial consultant in domestic-violence cases will not be prosecuted regarding allegations he shoved his estranged wife. ...more

July 14, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court says its OK for sex offenders to possess pornography if it's not "relevant" to their "deviant behavior pattern." ...more

July 11, 2008

When Stephen Bruce Tinker wanted to find a good place to hide the two family packages of beef steaks he was stealing from the Sweetbay Supermarket yesterday in Seffner, deputies say he didn't have to look far. ...more

June 28, 2008

A man convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old boy lost an appeal Friday seeking to halt his upcoming execution when the Florida Supreme Court rejected his claim that lethal injection protocols could cause him extreme pain and suffering. ...more

June 28, 2008

RIVERVIEW - An old pipeline threading through Riverview to link Mosaic Fertilizer's processing plant to its water source at Lithia Springs has been leaking and causing headaches for motorists, including three road closures in the past month. Water from the pipeline washed out part of the road base of Riverview Drive in early June, leading to a section between Dean Street and Albyar Avenue being closed for several days. ...more

June 27, 2008