Every year, Orange-Co sends 15,000 trucks loaded with oranges across 12 to 15 miles of limerock roads on its own land before they get to SR 70 or SR 66 in Highlands County, or SR 74 in Glades County. ...more

October 25, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across northern Florida on Friday as the state's death toll related to the storm rose to seven. The storm, which has never reached hurricane status, dumped huge amounts of rain in some parts of Florida. ...more

August 23, 2008

People in Desoto County are preparing for tropical storm winds pushing 39 mph and may see gusts as high as 50 mph. ...more

August 19, 2008

Traffic homicide investigators with the Florida Highway Patrol spent about three hours going over the scene of a fatal crash Thursday morning that involved a Sebring man and a Bonita Springs man who was killed. ...more

August 14, 2008

A walk down the main hallway in South Florida Community College's Building T leads to Lorrie Key's pride and joy in the renovated structure. ...more

July 24, 2008

SEBRING — A teen boy and teen girl are in touch with a world of success. That illustration of two hip teens in the new logo for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Alliance is in sharp contrast to the old logo with an illustration of a side view of a pregnant teen. "It's more updated, more upbeat and more positive," said Jackie Rawlings, Healthy Start division director. ...more

July 3, 2008

Highlands County Habitat for Humanity's loss is certainly a big gain for the DeSoto-Arcadia Habitat for Humanity. Jane Breylinger, a true believer in the monumental mission of eliminating substandard housing, is leaving her job as executive director of Highlands Habitat to take a similar job in DeSoto County. We hate to see her go, which is likely the sentiment others who are involved in Habitat have. Breylinger has done an an exceptional job and is apparently leaving Highlands Habitat in great shape. ...more

June 14, 2008

SEBRING — When Ave Maria opened last year in Collier County, two large landowners in Highlands County started working on a plan to conserve their land so they could organize the same kind of city, minus the controversies that surround that development. But after a series of fits and starts, the Rural Land Stewardship Area Program appears dead in Highlands County. First, Lykes Bros. dropped out of the program. Now, Atlanticblue has put in a more traditional rezoning request. Susie Bishop, an Atlanticblue spokeswoman, said Atlanticblue got tired of waiting for the state to review the program rules, and was discouraged by what she described as a new leadership in Tallahassee that stripped the program of incentives. ...more

June 8, 2008

Family and friends of an injured Iraq war veteran who has been missing since Sunday fear that the 24-year-old is covering his tracks. ...more

February 10, 2008

SEBRING — Tim Fanning gets up early every weekday morning, walks along a sandy path to where his bike is parked, then rides over to Labor Finders, 3735 Kenilworth Blvd. It's first-come, first-served at the temporary employment agency, so Fanning, 43, gets there by 4 a.m. Those who show up at 7 a.m. usually don't get jobs. Day laborers don't stand in line, there's no need. They mentally keep track of who came before them. "It's the honor system," said Johnny Malone, 40. ...more

February 8, 2008