Pass the gravy - plus the phone and the remote control. It's dinnertime in America. ...more

November 16, 2009

Eight months after developers scuttled plans for homes on Berry Hill, the hillside property in northeast Pasco County goes on the auction block at noon today. ...more

August 19, 2009

In reference to Edgar R. Cronin, Mr. Hoyt and Melody Griffins' letters and others with like opinions, I'm sorry not to have responded in a timely manner, but here is my response. I'd like to give you statistics concerning the possible 45 million more human beings who might have been born and are a burden to today's society in the United States, with the economic, medical, social and life situations that cannot even properly take care of those who live here today within our world. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Lake Placid woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning at the northbound intersection of U.S. 27 and Lake Francis Road. The crash happened at 8:25 when a 2006 Nissan, driven by Barbara A. Tardiff, crossed the northbound lanes of U.S. 27 from the median crossover and failed to yield to a northbound 2006 Mack dump truck, driven by Timothy S. Hostetler,42, of Sebring, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Nissan was originally traveling eastbound on U.S. 27 from Lake Francis Road. ...more

November 6, 2008

clocks are set back one hour - which means the sunrise occurs at 6:38 a.m. and sets at 5:45 p.m. ...more

November 2, 2008

The owner of Berry Hill, a proposed subdivision west of town, will make one more attempt to win county approval for his project in the face of opposition from the project's neighbors. ...more

November 1, 2008

Cost Should Be Minimal Regarding " 'Send Them All Back' Not So Easy" (Our Opinion, Sept. 6): ...more

September 15, 2008

A Avon Park man was pronounced dead at 9:32 a.m. Monday after a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on State Road 60, west of Lake Wales. James A. Wedemeier, 22, was driving in a 1990 Chevrolet Lumina when he crashed at 3:20 p.m. Friday, west of North Airport Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 26, 2008

After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls. ...more

August 22, 2008

Could Polk County's future population be capped at 1.4 million? A group headed by John Ryan, a veteran Polk County environmentalist and planning activist, has a plan to do just that, and he says he's willing to work to put it on the ballot. ...more

October 31, 2007