Summer O'Regan was unfazed by the task confronting her: washing windows in a lodge at Camp Wai Lani, in the Palm Harbor area. Summer was one of about 50 girls, ages 8 - 14, who took sponges, cloths and paintbrushes in hand last Saturday to spruce up the venerable Girl Scout camp. Their work included painting, cleaning, burning brush piles and changing fire alarm batteries and light bulbs. ...more

January 24, 2009

Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies did not find marijuana plants inside a grow house but, instead, buried in five three-foot deep shallow graves. ...more

October 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Michael Campbell bounced around his new yard like a jumping bean. ...more

December 9, 2007

When Joe Abed opened Manolo's Italian Restaurant five years ago, he spent two months buffing and sanding the floors, scrubbing off a quarter-inch layer of tar that hid the old hardwood. ...more

October 8, 2007

A giant sigh of relief was stifled a bit Wednesday when Sebring City Council members voted to sell Harder Hall for $5.55 million, but have to wait 30 days until the deal is final. Just the same, we're ecstatic that the city was successful finding seemingly quality buyers willing to pay a fair price. ...more

September 6, 2007