During its July meeting, South Florida Community College's District Board of Trustees elected new officers to the board. David Leidel of Highlands County was elected as 2009-10 chair, and Gary Delatorre of Hardee County was elected as vice chair. ...more

August 2, 2009

County workers will vote starting Tuesday on whether they want to be represented by Teamsters Local Union 79. ...more

March 1, 2009

Gold's Gym To Open In Sebring SEBRING Gold's Gym is planning to open this week in Sebring. The gym will be located in the space next to Books-A-Million at the Shoppes at Shelby Crossing on U.S. 27. ...more

March 1, 2009

Brooksville man's efforts keep crime watch vehicle on the road. ...more

January 19, 2009

'Tis the season of giving, and almost nothing can match the smile on a child's face at Christmas time. ...more

November 24, 2008

I would like to take this time to say many thanks to VFW Post 4300, American Legion Posts 74 and 25, AMVETS Post 21, DAV, Highlands County Sheriff's Department, Lake Placid ROTC, Avon Park ROTC, Shriners, City of Sebring, Lorida Fire Department, Elks Club, ANC Battery B SCT. Metz Avon Park, Highlands Band, Toby the Clown, just to name a few that supported the Veterans Day Parade this year. ...more

November 24, 2008

Back in Malden, Mass., in November of 1942, my father, Mac, won two tickets at the Malden Elks Club for the Boston College-Holy Cross football game, to be played at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 28. The BC team was undefeated and leading the nation while featuring a powerful sophomore fullback named Mike Holovak, from the coal mining town of Lansford, Pa. ...more

November 2, 2008

Longtime resident Veronica S. Prostko, a former Plant City Bar Association and American Business Women's Association president, has been named director of external affairs at the MacDonald Training Center's James Ranch on Cork Road. ...more

October 22, 2008

LAKE PLACID — The bad news is that county residents are facing an economic downturn or recession, said a local economist, but the good news, it's only temporary, and will not last forever. William Pittenger, senior vice president and chief real estate economist, risk advisor with Seacoast National Bank, predicted an eventual economic upturn from a recession, which he said probably began in late 2007. Pittenger addressed more than 100 Greater Lake Placid Chamber members at last week's meeting at the Elks Club. ...more

June 18, 2008

It wasn't the Miss America Pageant April 26, but for 50 South Shore girls, it might as well have been. Donning gowns and sporting their finest 'dos, the contestants in the 2008 Ruskin Tomato Queen Pageant vied for crowns in six divisions: Little Angel, Little Darlin', Little Princess, Sweetheart, Starlet and Queen. Hosted by the Ruskin Junior Woman's Club, the event drew more than 300 people to the Ruskin Elks Club to support their favorites. ...more

May 2, 2008