SEBRING — As the School Board of Highlands County looks to increase transportation charges for field trips, high fuel prices are affecting high school athletics. The cost for using school buses for athletic road trips comes out of the money brought in through fundraising. ...more

June 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - After coaching the Hudson wrestling team for 10 seasons, Dana Bentley has resigned. ...more

May 21, 2008

Roger Clemens' jersey was tossed from the Yogi Berra Museum. ...more

February 17, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES Plant's Sanderson To Play For Noles The player who protected two of the top quarterbacks in the state the past two seasons will try to do the same for the Florida State Seminoles. ...more

January 30, 2008

Owners of hybrid cars will get a break on parking fees in Miami Beach, but Tampa isn't sold on trying the idea here. ...more

December 17, 2007

Historian Steve Gluckman, a former University of South Florida assistant professor, died Tuesday night of a heart attack. He was 70. ...more

December 15, 2007

SEBRING –– A special five-member interview committee will meet Dec. 20 at the Highlands County Government Annex Building to pick a replacement for former county Housing Director Penny Phillippi. The five county commissioners, who will act on the committee's recommendation, have the chance to promote from within the housing department to pick its new leader. Teresa Hofer, now the acting housing director since Phillippi's Dec. 1 departure, is one of the five candidates for the job. ...more

December 14, 2007

Even after recent budget cuts, the county's transit agency is moving forward to create a high-speed bus network. ...more

November 6, 2007

The county's transit agency is looking for an alternative to property taxes to fund - and potentially increase - its budget. ...more

November 6, 2007

TAMPA - The county's transit agency is looking for an alternative to property taxes to fund – and potentially increase – its budget. ...more

November 5, 2007