A staff sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is accused of beating a 4-year-old boy with a belt over bad behavior at school, officials said. ...more

March 18, 2009

Buoys Valuable Regarding "Gulf Will Be More Deadly If Data Buoys Are Deserted" (Our Opinion, March 12): ...more

March 15, 2009

Public safety officials at the Emergency Operations Center were expecting Tropical Storm Hanna to turn north Thursday, steering clear of Florida, but they're keeping an eye on Hurricane Ike, already a Category 4 storm with sustained winds at 140 mph. ...more

September 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID — At approximately 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Highlands County Emergency Management officials and firefighters responded to a structure fire at 942 Peachtree Drive, in Lake Placid's Leisure Lakes subdivision. Ben Henley, of the Highlands County EOC, said that as of Thursday at press time, the fire had been contained. There were no injuries according to Henley. ...more

February 15, 2008

At approximately 12:15 p.m., Highlands County Emergency Management Officials and firefighters were asked to respond to a structure fire at 942 Peachtree Drive, in Lake Placid's Leisure Lakes subdivision. ...more

February 14, 2008

SEBRING — Residents in Victoria Park and businesses from Sebring Diner to Raintree Plaza along U.S. 27 were without water for about four hours after crews laying a gas pipe broke a water main. ...more

September 6, 2007