The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on children's minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased. ...more

November 9, 2009

Paulette Daley couldn't hide her anxiety before Avon Park's quarterfinal match against Palmetto on Tuesday, as she was busy doing the team laundry in the bowels of the Devils gym. ...more

February 5, 2009

Beonca Godfrey scored a game-high 10 points to lead Avon Park to a 58-26 rout of Palmetto in the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament on Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2009

The Avon Park girls basketball team finished the regular season on a high note with a convincing 53-22 win over Frostproof on Monday night. ...more

January 28, 2009

AVON PARK The four seniors on the Avon Park girls basketball team made sure they enjoyed their last regular-season home game. Beonca Godfrey scored a game-high 12 points, Daija Barrett added 10, and Jamee Hawthorne and Brearnna Tate combined for 12 points and five steals to lead Avon Park to a 53-37 win over DeSoto on Friday night. "It feels great to get a win against DeSoto, especially on senior night," Godfrey said. "They are a good team, but we came out with a lot of energy and jumped on them from the start. ...more

January 25, 2009

Beonca Godfrey could do nothing but shake her head as she watched Lake Wales' Lucky Tensley intercept an Avon Park pass and hoist up a 3-pointer in the waning moments of Tuesday's game. ...more

January 8, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG A 35-year-old man was killed New Year's Eve after he crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into another vehicle. Curtis Ronald Godfrey of 636 25th Ave. S. was declared dead at the scene of the accident, which took place shortly before midnight on 22nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 1, 2009

Christmas came a week early for Beonca Godfrey and the Avon Park girls basketball team. ...more

December 18, 2008

Beonca Godfrey hit a pair of 3-pointers during an 18-3 run that blew open a close game and helped lead Avon Park to a 55-31 win over archrival Sebring Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 16, 2008

If Tuesday's game against Sebring was a statement to their arch-rivals, then Avon Park sent a clear message to the rest of the district after pummeling Palmetto on Thursday. ...more

November 22, 2008