Perez Joins RE/MAX Realty Plus II Alfredo Perez is pleased to announce his association with RE/MAX Realty Plus II in Lake Placid. A Realtor since 2005, Alfredo was top agent in sales and listings in 2006 and was awarded the prestigious Rookie of the Year award by fellow Realtors. In 2007, he was the overall top listing agent at his previous office and holds a mortgage broker license. ...more

July 13, 2008

On behalf of the Boys and Girls Club of Highlands County, I would like to say thank you very much to the following companies and individuals for their most generous contributions, to the Boys and Girls Club Hot Air Balloon Festival: Remax, Taco Bell, Heartland Bank, Heacock Insurance, Highlands Independent Bank, All Around Septic and Sewer, Chaneys Used Auto Sales, Gulf Kist Sod, Bates Son and Daughters, Barbara Stewart, Marge Jakubek, Therman Pangburn, David Z. Mason, Nell and Steve Roberts, Christy and Crusier Crews, Randy Wilkens, James and Helen Hutchenson, Rita Youngman, Wally Randall, Gayle Harrell, D and C Cabnetry, Lois Johnson, Janet McKenny, Forrest Hilton, Highlands Animal Clinic, Alice Lowe, Donald Chamberlain, Don Cram. Also many thanks to the local hotels who provided rooms for our pilots: Four Points Sheraton, Inn On The Lakes, Kenilworth Lodge, Residence Inn of Marriott, Sebring and Lake Placid's Holiday Inn Express, Valencia Hotel and Suites of Lake Placid, and Econo Lodge. ...more

June 21, 2008

Carolyn Bloom and her sister had to use a luggage cart. They were seeking the dollar value of all their old coins - along with some decades-old toys, dolls, comic books and a 1940s-era rotary phone. ...more

June 21, 2008

Carolyn Bloom and her sister needed a luggage cart. They were seeking the dollar value of all their old coins - along with some decades-old toys, dolls, comic books and a 1940s-era rotary phone. ...more

June 20, 2008

Old-time collectibles, toys, jewelry and coins can be sold, bought at roadshow. ...more

June 19, 2008

PORT RICHEY - Fire trucks blocking U.S. 19 in both directions north of Jasmine Boulevard have just been moved after emergency crews were able to stop a natural gas leak coming from the Congo River miniature golf course construction site. ...more

May 6, 2008

Gas leak closes US 19 ...more

May 6, 2008

If commuting through Oldsmar - population 15,000 - were a game of Monopoly, you would not want to get caught at Tampa Road and St. Petersburg Drive. ...more

January 28, 2008

When you pull off the interstate anywhere in Florida, chances are you're looking straight down a corridor flanked by gas stations and a Waffle House. ...more

January 27, 2008

The Giants must sleep at Holiday Inn Express hotels on the road, because they have achieved incredible success away from home this season. ...more

January 19, 2008