A long-awaited Florida High School Athletic Association football district realignment was announced on Monday afternoon, and its effects will be felt across all three Highlands County high schools next fall. ...more

December 17, 2008

When the University of South Florida plays Memphis in Saturday's St. Petersburg Bowl, it will be the first Division I-A college football game held in Tropicana Field. ...more

December 16, 2008

State releases proposed football alignments for 2009. ...more

December 15, 2008

Not so long ago, the high school coach was considered the authority figure in most sports, but that influence is giving way. With college recruiters focusing more on production in summer Amateur Athletic Union tournaments, these independent coaches have emerged as key figures in basketball. ...more

December 14, 2008

The color blue is something Avon Park quarterback Albert Moses usually sees from his archrivals at Sebring, but the senior signal caller will don the enemy colors in his last high school football game. ...more

December 13, 2008

Are You Attending Obama Inauguration A bus will leave Lake Wales in January, filled with the people who intend to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama. ...more

December 11, 2008

A continuance was requested Wednesday in the case of an Avon Park man charged with attempted second-degree murder. ...more

December 11, 2008

All three legislators representing Highlands County have been named to high positions in the Florida Legislature: Sen. J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales, was appointed last week to what is one of the most powerful positions in the state, chairman of the Senate budget committee. ...more

December 9, 2008