With great pleasure the VFW Ladies Auxiliary of Post 9853 in Avon Park had the honor to present the Voice of Democracy Medals to the following essay winners. ...more

December 19, 2007

Dressed in black jean shorts, white T-shirt and matching white sneakers, Jorge Luis Gonzalez invites little attention. ...more

November 15, 2007

SARASOTA - A Lakewood Ranch couple were flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after a crash involving a police patrol car. ...more

November 14, 2007

The owners of Casa Tina's Mexican Restaurant, the eatery that cooks up the city's yearly Cinco de Mayo street festival on Main Street, plans to almost triple the size of their restaurant by the new year. ...more

October 20, 2007

A successful yard sale outing depends more on planning and less on shopping, according to the folks at Fire Finance ( www.firefinance.blogspot .com), a top-rated personal finance blog written by Amalendu Haldar and his wife, Hoimonti Basu, a pair of engineers from Boston. Using maps, power tools, paper towels and ropes, they hunt down yard sale deals for their home. Here are some of their tips: ...more

October 20, 2007

An early morning blaze tore through a double-wide mobile home Wednesday, leaving a family homeless. ...more

October 18, 2007

DADE CITY - A family lost its home to an early morning blaze that tore through a doublewide mobile home today. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - A husband and wife are suspected of burglarizing homes and selling the goods to pawn shops, according to arrest reports. ...more

September 7, 2007

SEBRING — While a dismantled growhouse operation was found in the master bedroom of 4218 Maserati Drive, a fully operational grow operation was located in the garage late Friday afternoon. ...more

September 5, 2007

SEBRING — While a dismantled growhouse operation was found in the master bedroom of 4218 Maserati Drive, a fully operational grow operation was located in the garage late Friday afternoon. When Highlands County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Unit Sgt. John Singha and Det. Jared Futch arrived at 4:15 p.m. Friday, they found Yamilet Groeiro Mondejar, 35, at home. ...more

September 4, 2007