Beating multiple teams from Tampa, Sarasota, Brandon, Winter Haven, Punta Gorda and Venice, the soccer team of local players has represented the Heartland area well. The U12 season ends on Saturday with a home game at the new County Sports Complex at 11 a.m. ...more

February 9, 2009

SEBRING – James K. "Jim" Otterman was appointed the next executive director of Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative Inc (FHREDI) effective July 1. Otterman began his career selling residential real estate in 1985. Since that time, his career included all aspects of real estate sales, marketing and management. He was selected to instruct real estate courses for South Florida Community College in 1988, which led to the opening of his own real estate school four years later. ...more

June 23, 2008

LAKE PLACID — School superintendents in the six-county Heartland area agree there is a need to review educational practices at the high school level. ...more

January 1, 2008

A bounty of seasonal wildflowers can be seen now throughout this Heartland area along backroads and flooded fields. ...more

October 14, 2007